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Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939), (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae)

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Kumar, Rajesh, Mittal, Vishal, Chutia, Preetirekha (2015): Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939), (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae). Zootaxa 3974 (3): 431-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.10

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