Acantholipes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Julius Lederer in 1857. 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. 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 References Further reading Acantholipini Noctuoidea genera