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278:Sphinx pseudoconvolvuli
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246:Protoparce orientalis
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286:Sphinx roseafasciata
321:O. Bang-Haas, 1927
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577:Convolvulus
497:kumara moth
473:Skell, 1913
449:Clark, 1922
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137:Lepidoptera
1343:Categories
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734:References
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165:Species:
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