[1] BiMoV is a flexuous filamentous particle,[2] 720 nm long, and belongs to the Potyviridae genus Potyvirus.

SYNV is asymptomatic in B. pilosa but it enhances the symptoms of BiMoV in this plant when both viruses are present.

[14] In 2008, it was reported to infect bishop's weed (Ammi majus), an umbelliferous plant grown in Florida for the cut flower trade.

Bidens mottle has a distinctive host range and makes typical potyvirus inclusions.

The virus makes easily recognizable viral inclusions called laminated aggregates[22] and prominent symptoms on both the leaves and the flowers of this plant.

[26] The authors of the article concluded that "the sunflower chlorotic spot virus described from Taiwan is in fact an isolate of BiMoV".

In addition, an isolate of what was believed to be SCSV (based on sequences available in 2004) was found in the State of São Paulo in Brazil.

[27] Taken together these reports likely mean that the geographical distribution of BiMoV now includes Taiwan and Brazil in addition to the US.