Apotomops spomotopa
| Apotomops spomotopa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Apotomops |
| Species: | A. spomotopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Apotomops spomotopa Brown & Razowski, 2003[1] | |
Apotomops spomotopa is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family 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. The ground colour of the forewings is white, mottled with grey overscaling distally. The hindwings are white, but pale beige in the apical region.
Etymology
The species name is the genus name spelled backwards, creating a palindrome.[2]
References
- ↑ 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 (Magnolia Press) 303: 1–31. ISSN 1175-5326.
External links
Data related to Apotomops spomotopa at Wikispecies
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