title: Acanthophila
text: # Acanthophila
  
  Acanthophila is a moth genus. It is here placed in subfamily Dichomeridinae of family Gelechiidae, although it is sometimes treated as junior synonym of Dichomeris.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Subgenus Acanthophila
     * Acanthophila alacella (Zeller, 1839)
     * Acanthophila beljaevi Ponomarenko, 1998
     * Acanthophila bimaculata (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 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)
  