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Descriptions of two new genera and six new species of ghost-moths (Lepidoptera Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) from south-eastern and southern Brazil
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- 1. Caixa postal 1206, 84.145-000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil. & Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. & cmielke1@uol.com.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0091-0840
- 2. Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. & calabar.John@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-1140
- 3. Estrada das Canjicas, 2500, 07424-000, Arujá, São Paulo, Brazil. & ricardokoike.jp@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-6416
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Mielke, Carlos G.C., Grehan, John R., Koike, Ricardo M. (2021): Descriptions of two new genera and six new species of ghost-moths (Lepidoptera Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) from south-eastern and southern Brazil. Zootaxa 5020 (3): 561-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.7
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