Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis

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Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis
Scientific classification edit
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 family Pterophoridae. 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]

References[]

External links[]

  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).


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