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- ↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Symmetrodes sciocosma Meyrick, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 February 2013). "Symmetrodes sciocosma Meyrick, 1888". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 October 2019.