Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis

Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Bipunctiphorus
Species: B. nigroapicalis
Binomial name
Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis
(B. Landry & Gielis, 1992)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia nigroapicalis B. Landry & Gielis, 1992

Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands and Venezuela.

The wingspan is 11-15 mm. Adults are on wing from January to April and in September and October.

Etymology

The name is derived from the dark apex of its forewing lobes.[1]

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