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Two new species of Prototheora Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania representing the northernmost records for the genus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)
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- 1. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, CP 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. E-mail: bernard.landry@ville-ge.ch
- 2. Department of Entomology, Entomology Department, NHB 105, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA. E-mail: davisd@si.edu
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