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A New Genus and Five New Species of the Gelechiid-Moth Tribe Gelechiini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from Laos and Malaysia

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A new genus, Anicula gen. n. (Gelechiidae) with the type species A. tristificula sp. n., and four new species of the genus Gelechia Hubner (G. festa sp. n., G. exigua sp. n., G. pallidula sp. n., and G. gilva sp. n.) are described from central and southern Laos and eastern Malaysia.

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Omelko, M.M., Omelko, N.V. A New Genus and Five New Species of the Gelechiid-Moth Tribe Gelechiini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from Laos and Malaysia. Entmol. Rev. 101, 247–255 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821020111

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