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- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lasiosticha Meyrick, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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