Acompsia schmidtiellus

Acompsia schmidtiellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.^[1][2] It is found in central, eastern and southern Europe, from Denmark to southern Spain and Portugal. In the east, the range extends to Ukraine.^[2][3]

Acompsia schmidtiellus
Hexton, Hertfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Acompsia
Species:	A. schmidtiellus
Binomial name
Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848)
Synonyms
Ypsolophus schmidtiellus Heyden, 1848 Ypsolophus durdhamellus Stainton, 1849 Hypsolopha quadrinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

The wingspan is 14–16 mm for males and 15–17 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to late August. The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare, Mentha arvensis, Mentha silvestris, Mentha rotundifolia, Calamintha nepeta and Clinopodium vulgare.^[3]