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Shinichi Nakahara1, John R Macdonald, Francisco Delgado

  • 1McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, USA Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434 Lima-14, Peru. user@example.com.

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|January 18, 2019
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