Acantholipes
Genus of moths
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Acantholipes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Julius Lederer in 1857.
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| Acantholipes trimeni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Acantholipini |
| Genus: | Acantholipes Lederer, 1857[1] |
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Description
Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint very broadly fringed with hair and a minute third joint. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and slender. Tibia spineless and no long hairs. Forewings with quadrate or slightly acute apex.[2]
Species
- Acantholipes acephala Strand, 1912
- Acantholipes afar Laporte, 1991
- Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
- Acantholipes canofusca Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858) (or Acantholipes circumdatus)
- Acantholipes curvilinea Leech, 1900
- Acantholipes germainae Laporte, 1991
- Acantholipes hypenoides Moore, 1881
- Acantholipes juba Swinhoe, 1902
- Acantholipes larentioides Strand, 1920
- Acantholipes namacensis (Guenée, 1852)
- Acantholipes plecopteroides Strand, 1920
- Acantholipes plumbeonitens Hampson, 1926
- Acantholipes regularis (Hübner, [1813])
- Acantholipes regulatrix Wiltshire, 1961
- Acantholipes semiaurea Berio, 1966
- Acantholipes similis Moore, 1879
- Acantholipes singularis Gerasimov, 1931
- Acantholipes tenuipoda Strand, 1920
- Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865
- Acantholipes transiens Berio, 1955
- Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
- Acantholipes zuboides (Montague, 1914)
Former species
- Acantholipes mesoscota Hampson, 1904