Dichomeris explicata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found on New Hanover Island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.[2]

Dichomeris explicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. explicata
Binomial name
Dichomeris explicata
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Gaesa explicata Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris explicata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris explicata (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 510.