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 <small>(Zeller, 1839)</small>
- Acanthophila beljaevi <small>Ponomarenko, 1998</small>
- Acanthophila bimaculatus <small>(Liu & Qian, 1994)</small>
- Acanthophila kuznetzovi <small>Ponomarenko, 1998</small>
- Acanthophila liui <small>(Li & Zheng, 1996)</small>
- Acanthophila lucistrialella <small>M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Acanthophila magnimaculata <small>M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Acanthophila pusillella <small>M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Acanthophila qinlingensis <small>Li & Zheng, 1996</small>
- Acanthophila silvania <small>M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Acanthophila silvestrella <small>M.G. Ponomarenko, 1998</small>
- Subgenus Mimomeris <small>Povolný, 1978</small>
- Acanthophila hallasana <small>Park, 2023</small>
- Acanthophila latipennella <small>(Rebel, 1937)</small>
- Acanthophila obscura <small>(Li & Zheng, 1997)</small>
- Acanthophila vixidistinctella <small>Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Incertae sedis
- Acanthophila angustiptera <small>(Li & Zheng, 1997)</small>
- Acanthophila imperviella <small>M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003</small>
- Acanthophila nyingchiensis <small>(Li & Zheng, 1996)</small>
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