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Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid moths: Summing up the Symposium

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Gatehouse, A.G. Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid moths: Summing up the Symposium. Int J Trop Insect Sci 8, 605–608 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400022670

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