Acanthophila latipennella

Acanthophila latipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Acanthophila
Species: A. latipennella
Binomial name
Acanthophila latipennella
(Rebel, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia (Xystophora) latipennella Rebel, 1937
  • Acompsia scotosiella Hackman, 1945
  • Acanthophila piceana Sulcs, 1968
  • Dichomeris (Mimomeris) steueri Povolný, 1978
  • Dichomeris latipennella Rebel, 1937

Acanthophila latipennella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in south-eastern Siberia[2] and Europe, where it has been recorded from Norway south to Italy and east to Russia.[3]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Picea abies.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris latipennella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dichomeris at funet
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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