| Atoposea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Atoposea Davis, 1969 |
| Species: | A. maxima |
| Binomial name | |
| Atoposea maxima (Meyrick, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was an English entomologist.
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