Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acanthophila | |
Acanthophila kuznetzovi is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Russia, where it is known only from the southern part of Primorsky Krai.
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.
References
Acanthophila kuznetzovi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA