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Four new species of Splendid Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae: ) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

  • 1. Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia & ethan.beaver@live.com.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-7046
  • 2. Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia & michael.moore@samuseum.sa.gov.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-3330
  • 3. Research Associate. McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. calabar.john@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-1140
  • 4. Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia & a.velascocastrillon@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-6655
  • 5. Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia & mark.stevens@samuseum.sa.gov.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-1639

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Beaver, Ethan P., Moore, Michael D., Grehan, John R., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro, Stevens, Mark I. (2020): Four new species of Splendid Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae: ) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4809 (3): 449-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.3.2

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