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Larvae of the Nearctic Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

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W. C. McGuffin
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The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada , Volume 90 , Supplement S8 , 1958 , pp. 5 - 104
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Contribution No. 422, Division of Forest Biology, Science Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.

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A thesis submitted to the faculty of the graduate school of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of philosophy.

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Agricultural Research officer, Forest Zoology Laboratory, Calgary, Alberta.

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