Biology:Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Bipunctiphorus
Species:
B. dimorpha
Binomial name
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
(T. B. Fletcher, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia dimorpha T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Platyptilia patriarcha Meyrick, 1912
  • Bipunctiphorus etiennei Gibeaux, 1994[2]

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910. It is known from the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from China .[3]

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4915512 entry