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Melbourne: Entomological Society of Victoria, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, CD-ROM.
$17.00
Artist/Author : Kallies, Axel, Peter Marriott and Marilyn Hewish
Stock ID : 16385
Part six in a series of ten to twelve which will cover the 2,000 species of Victorian moths. This part covers the Ghost moths and allies. Part one (see stock ID 12326), part two (12327), part three (13042), part four (13697), part five (14144), part seven (16381), part eight (16379).
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