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Apotomops spomotopa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Apotomops

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.

References

Apotomops spomotopa Wikipedia