''Bipectilus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 Exop ...
. There are eight described species in the genus, distributed through
China
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,
Nepal
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and
Vietnam
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.
Species
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Bipectilus gracilirami''
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Bipectilus latirami''
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Bipectilus omaiensis''
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Bipectilus paraunimacula''
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Bipectilus perfuscus''
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Bipectilus tindalei''
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Bipectilus unimacula''
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Bipectilus yunnanensis''
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Bipectilus zhejiangensis''
External links
Hepialidae genera
Hepialidae
Exoporia genera
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