Acanthophila Explained

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)

, 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1-17. Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20131020070037/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1998/N-067/N-067.pdf
&, 2003: Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074111/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/2003/N-127/N-127.pdf