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Apotomops spomotopa

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Species of moth

Apotomops spomotopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotomops
Species: A. spomotopa
Binomial name
Apotomops spomotopa
Brown & Razowski, 2003

Apotomops spomotopa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae that is endemic to Peru.

The length of the forewings is about 7.5 millimetres (0.30 in) for males and about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) for females.

Etymology

The species name is the genus name spelled backwards, creating a palindrome.

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Brown, John W. & Jozéf Razowski (2003). "Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 303. Magnolia Press: 1–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.303.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.

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Taxon identifiers
Apotomops spomotopa


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