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Gastroplakaeis jaredkrameri - a new lappet moth species from Central African forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampinae)
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Friend, Michael, Saldaitis, Aidas, Yakovlev, Roman V., Sulak, Harald, Volkova, Julia S., Revay, Edita E., Müller, Günter C., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Prozorov, Alexey M. (2025): Gastroplakaeis jaredkrameri - a new lappet moth species from Central African forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 92: 54-65, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.92.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.92.5
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