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Dichomeris thryptica

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Dichomeris thryptica is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Papua New Guinea.

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Quick facts about Dichomeris thryptica

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Dichomeris thryptica live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Dichomeris thryptica is listed for 1 country.

Papua New Guinea
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Papua New Guinea

Is Dichomeris thryptica endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Dichomeris thryptica classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusDichomeris
  7. SpeciesDichomeris thryptica (Meyrick, 1910)

Synonyms Hylograptis thryptica

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dichomeris thryptica

Other species in the same genus Dichomeris.

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Common questions

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Where does Dichomeris thryptica live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Dichomeris thryptica for 1 country: Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Dichomeris thryptica?

Dichomeris thryptica (Dichomeris thryptica) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dichomeris thryptica (Dichomeris thryptica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-thryptica

MLA

“Dichomeris thryptica (Dichomeris thryptica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-thryptica.

BibTeX
@misc{dichomeris_thryptica_2026,
  title = {Dichomeris thryptica (Dichomeris thryptica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-thryptica},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}