Acanthophila obscura

Acanthophila obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acanthophila
Species:	A. obscura
Binomial name
	Acanthophila obscura; (Li & Zheng, 1997)
Synonyms
	Dichomeris obscura Li & Zheng, 1997 ;

Acanthophila obscura is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in China (Shaanxi).[2]

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The forewings are greyish brown, densely suffused with brown scales and with a white blotch at the costal two-thirds, a black spot at the middle and the end of the cell and a black spot at three-fifths and at the end of the fold. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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 "Страница не найдена - ФНЦ Биоразнообразия ДВО РАН" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
Li. H.H. , Z.M. Zheng & H.J. Wang 1997: Description of seven new species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologia Sinica 4 (3): 220-230.

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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 "Страница не найдена - ФНЦ Биоразнообразия ДВО РАН" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-06-04.

[3] Li. H.H. , Z.M. Zheng & H.J. Wang 1997: Description of seven new species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologia Sinica 4 (3): 220-230.