Apotomops spomotopa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae that is endemic to Peru.
| Apotomops spomotopa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Apotomops |
| Species: | A. spomotopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Apotomops spomotopa | |
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
editThe species name is the genus name spelled backwards, creating a palindrome.[2]
References
edit- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ 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.
External links
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Data related to Apotomops spomotopa at Wikispecies
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