Apotomops spomotopa

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

Apotomops spomotopa
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A. spomotopa
Binomial name
Apotomops spomotopa
Brown & Razowski, 2003[1]

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]

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