Acanthophila

Acanthophila is a moth genus. It is here placed in subfamily Dichomeridinae of family Gelechiidae, although it is sometimes treated as junior synonym of Dichomeris.

Species

• Subgenus Acanthophila
  • Acanthophila alacella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Acanthophila beljaevi Ponomarenko, 1998
  • Acanthophila bimaculata (Liu & Qian, 1994)
  • Acanthophila kuznetzovi Ponomarenko, 1998
  • Acanthophila liui (Li & Zheng, 1996)
  • Acanthophila lucistrialella M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
  • Acanthophila magnimaculata M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
  • Acanthophila pusillella M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
  • Acanthophila qinlingensis Li & Zheng, 1996
  • Acanthophila silvania M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
  • Acanthophila silvestrella M.G. Ponomarenko, 1998
• Subgenus Mimomeris Povolný, 1978
  • Acanthophila latipennella (Rebel, 1937)
  • Acanthophila obscura (Li & Zheng, 1997)
  • Acanthophila vixidistinctella Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
• incertae sedis
  • Acanthophila angustiptera (Li & Zheng, 1997)
  • Acanthophila imperviella M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
  • Acanthophila nyingchiensis (Li & Zheng, 1996)

References

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• Ponomarenko, M.G., 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1-17. Full article: [1]
• Ponomarenko, M.G. & Omelko, M.M., 2003: Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1-24 [2]