Apotoforma Jamaicana
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''Apotoforma jamaicana'' is a species of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
. It is found in
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about 12 mm., 1993: ''Revision of ''Apotoforma'' BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other ''Tortricini'' species.'' ''Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia'' 36 (1): 183-197.


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Moths described in 1964 Tortricini Moths of the Caribbean {{Tortricini-stub