Acanthophila is a moth genus in the subfamily Dichomeridinae of the family Gelechiidae. It occurs in Europe and Asia to the Russian Far East and China.
The larvae feed on lichens, mosses, and trees from the families Pinaceae and Taxodiaceae.
Species There are 18 species in two subgenera, with some species unassigned to any subgenus: Subgenus Acanthophila Acanthophila alacella (Zeller, 1839) Acanthophila beljaevi Ponomarenko, 1998 Acanthophila bimaculatus (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 hallasana Park, 2023 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)
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