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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Hutson, J. C. (1930). "Half-Yearly Report of the Entomological Division, Department of Agriculture, Ceylon. January to June, 1930". CAB International. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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