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L. Royer, J. N. McNeil, Male Investment in the European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Impact on Female Longevity and Reproductive Performance, Functional Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1993), pp. 209-215
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