Biology:Acanthophila
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Acanthophila is a moth genus in the subfamily Dichomeridinae of the family Gelechiidae.[1][2] It occurs in Europe and Asia to the Russian Far East and China.[2][3]
The larvae feed on lichens, mosses, and trees from the families Pinaceae and Taxodiaceae.[3]
Species
There are 18 species in two subgenera, with some species unassigned to any subgenus:[1]
- 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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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hobern, D.; Sattler, K., eds (25 January 2025). "Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.25.025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2362/taxon/11582.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/acanthophila/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ponomarenko, M. G.; Omelko, M. M. (2003). "Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)". Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1–24. https://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/Publication/175. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
Wikidata ☰ Q18396557 entry
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