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Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bipunctiphorus

Scientific name
  
Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis

Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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.

References

Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis Wikipedia