Apotomops boliviana

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Apotomops boliviana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotomops
Species:
A. boliviana
Binomial name
Apotomops boliviana

Apotomops boliviana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae that is endemic to Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is about 7.5 millimetres (0.30 in) for males and 11 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is white, overscaled and faintly mottled with grey distally. The costal portion of the basal half of forewings is blackish brown. The hindwings are white, but pale beige in the apical region.

Etymology[edit]

The species name refers the country of Bolivia, where the species is found.[2]

References[edit]

  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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