Bipunctiphorus

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Bipunctiphorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Genus:Bipunctiphorus
Gibeaux, 1994

Bipunctiphorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Christian Gibeaux in 1994.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Pterophoridae family of insects

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".

Species

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, Réunion, Madagascar and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from China.

Bipunctiphorus dissipata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Honshu and Kyushu islands of Japan.

<i>Bipunctiphorus euctimena</i> species of insect

Bipunctiphorus euctimena is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Australia, where it is known from Brisbane, Kuranda and Toowoomba.


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