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- ↑ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.[ failed verification ]
- ↑ Suroga, V. A.; Puplyasis, R. I., 1992: New species of gramineous elachistid moths from Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 71(2): 428-441
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