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H. monstrosus may refer to:
P. monstrosus may refer to:
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- 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Cataprosopus monstrosus - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
- ↑ Japanese Moths
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