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- ↑ "†Hexerites Cockerell 1933 (moth)". Fossilworks. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hexerites Cockerell, 1933". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2017.