''Bipectilus'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Hepialidae The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths. Taxonomy and systematics The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exo ...

. There are eight described species in the genus, distributed through China,

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Species

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Bipectilus gracilirami ''Bipectilus gracilirami'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्र ...

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Bipectilus latirami ''Bipectilus latirami'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रि ...

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Bipectilus omaiensis ''Bipectilus omaiensis'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Sichuan province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "We ...

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Bipectilus paraunimacula ''Bipectilus paraunimacula'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from China (Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the midd ...

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Bipectilus perfuscus ''Bipectilus perfuscus'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from China (Xizang The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of th ...

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Bipectilus tindalei ''Bipectilus tindalei'' is a species of moth in the family Hepialidae, known to inhabit Vietnam and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located a ...

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Bipectilus unimacula ''Bipectilus unimacula'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from China (Kiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republ ...

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Bipectilus zhejiangensis ''Bipectilus zhejiangensis'' is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and large ...

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Hepialidae genera
Hepialidae Exoporia genera {{Hepialidae-stub