Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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  • Platyptilia dimorpha T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Platyptilia patriarcha Meyrick, 1912
  • Bipunctiphorus etiennei Gibeaux, 1994[https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=15534689 On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)]

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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, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from China.[http://scdwzz.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=199&mid=1174 New Recorded Species of Pterophoridae from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826191848/http://scdwzz.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=199&mid=1174 |date=2011-08-26}}

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

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