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Dichomeris resignata

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ13589655 ↗
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Dichomeris resignata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago and the New Hebrides in the South Pacific Ocean .

The wingspan is 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in).

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This entry incorporates text from “Dichomeris resignata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.