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Importance of the chaetotaxy in larval identification of Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) along with some notes on its life history

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  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh - 147301, Punjab, India; deepinderpal2002@yahoo.co.in
  • 2. Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, Punjab, India
  • 3. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India

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Deep, D. S., Rose, H. S., Pathania, P. C. (2018): Importance of the chaetotaxy in larval identification of Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) along with some notes on its life history. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1): 22, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/118368, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/118368

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