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References
- ↑ "Conoeca Scott, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ A. W. Scott, 1864. Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformation, Drawn from the Life, by Harriet and Helena Scott, with Descriptions, General and Systematic Aust. Lepid. 1 : 1-30, pl. 1-9
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