Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

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

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Seychelles, South Africa, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from China.[3]

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  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)


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