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Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species
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- 1. Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia & Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, RN Robertson Building, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
- 2. Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Beaver, Ethan P., Zwick, Andreas (2025): Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species. Zootaxa 5711 (4): 563-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.6
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