Acanthophila

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
*Acanthophila beljaevi Ponomarenko, 1998
*Acanthophila bimaculatus
*Acanthophila kuznetzovi Ponomarenko, 1998
*Acanthophila liui
*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
*Acanthophila obscura
*Acanthophila vixidistinctella Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
Incertae sedis
*Acanthophila angustiptera
*Acanthophila imperviella M.G. Ponomarenko & Omelko, 2003
*''Acanthophila nyingchiensis''