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A catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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Sahoo, Kishore Chandra (2025): A catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Zootaxa 5711 (4): 482-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.2
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