Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Bipunctiphorus dimorpha (Fletcher T. B., 1910)". Afromoths. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. ^ On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)
  3. ^ New Recorded Species of Pterophoridae from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine


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