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Atsalek Rattanawannee1 and Orawan Duangphakdee2 \*

1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

2 Ratchaburi Campus, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

\*Address all correspondence to: orawan.dua@mail.kmutt.ac.th

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