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Acanthophila
Sign in to saveAcanthophila 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.
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Vinony files it under Acanthophila, Dichomeridinae and Gelechiidae genera.
Its subject is documented across 3 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
lichen crest
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGelechiidae
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- Parent taxon
- Gelechiidae
- Image
- Dichomeris latipennella.jpg
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthophila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.