Acanthophila kuznetzovi

Acanthophila kuznetzovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acanthophila
Species:	A. kuznetzovi
Binomial name
	Acanthophila kuznetzovi; Ponomarenko, 1998

Acanthophila kuznetzovi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is only known from the southern part of Primorsky Krai, Russia.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are brown, with three indistinct dark-brown dots, two of these at the middle and at the end of the cell, and the third at the anal fold. There are also two light-grey short strokes and a thicker costal one, as well as a dorsal one before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species is named for Prof. V.I. Kuznetzov of the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg.[3]

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References

Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
Ponomarenko, M.G. & Omelko, M.M., 2003: Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1-24 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-06-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Ponomarenko, M.G., 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1-17. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

[2] Ponomarenko, M.G. & Omelko, M.M., 2003: Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1-24 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-06-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Ponomarenko, M.G., 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1-17. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)