Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

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, South Africa, Kenya, RĂ©union, Madagascar and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from China.[3]

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha
Scientific 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]

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

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