Acompsia cinerella

Acompsia cinerella
	Adult specimen from Pieksämäki (Finland)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acompsia
Species:	A. cinerella
Binomial name
	Acompsia cinerella; (Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
	Phalaena cinerella Clerck, 1759; Phalaena murinella Scopoli, 1763; Tinea ardeliella Hübner, 1817; Recurvaria cinerea Haworth, 1828; Lita spodiella Treitschke, 1833;

Acompsia cinerella is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia, once assigned to the proposed subfamily "Anacampsinae" (here included in Gelechiinae), but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae.

It is found in most of Europe, except for Portugal and Iceland.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae probably feed on moss, often at the base of a tree.

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