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Phragmataecia druska - a new species from the Ararat valley in Armenia (Lepidoptera, Cossidae)
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- 1. Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, Vilnius, L-08412, Lithuania. E-mail: saldrasa@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0999-3996
- 2. Altai State University, Lenin ave. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia; Tomsk State University, Lenin ave. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; Western Caspian University, 31 Istiglaliyyat St., Baku, Azerbaijan. E-mail: yakovlev_asu@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-8709
- 3. Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak str., 7, Yerevan, 0014, Armenia. E-mail: mkalashian1@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-9547
- 4. University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805 Bamako, Mali; Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Kalman Ya'akov Man St., 91120 Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: guntercmuller@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-0179
- 5. World Insect Gallery, Taikos str., 1, Linkaičiai, Joniškis reg., Lithuania. E-mail: jzuzuzu@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-2380
- 6. Altai State University, Lenin ave. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0741 *Corresponding author. E-mail: alexeymprozorov@gmail.com
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Saldaitis, Aidas, Yakovlev, Roman V., Kalashian, Mark, Müller, Günter C., Dûda, Juozas, Prozorov, Alexey M. (2025): Phragmataecia druska - a new species from the Ararat valley in Armenia (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 88: 89-103, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.88.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.9
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