Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

Species of plume moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Quick facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Bipunctiphorus
Species:
B. dimorpha
Binomial name
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia dimorpha T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Platyptilia patriarcha Meyrick, 1912
  • Bipunctiphorus etiennei Gibeaux, 1994[2]
Close

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI