Khostalestes kochetkovi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug.
It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.
The generic name Khostalestes is composed of the name of the settlement of Khosta, which is its type locality, along with the suffix -lestes, which means "robber".
The type locality of Khostalestes kochetkovi is the wood near the settlement of Khosta in the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Northwestern Caucasus.
[1] Khostalestes kochetkovi inhabits deciduous subtropical forest[1] with yew and with box trees[2] and can be found under stones.