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- ↑ Poinar, G.O. & J.W. Brown, 1993: A new fossil tortricid (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Dominican amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution24 (1): 25-29. Abstract: doi : 10.1163/187631293X00028
