Acantholipes circumdata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Acantholipini
Genus: Acantholipes
Species: A. circumdata
Binomial name
Acantholipes circumdata
Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
  • Docela affinis Butler, 1880
  • Acantholipes flavisigna Moore, 1881
  • Acantholipes nigrisigna Moore, 1881
  • Docela vetustalis Walker 1866

Acantholipes circumdata is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found from India and Pakistan through Afghanistan and Iran to the Arabian Peninsula and Eastern Africa.

There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Taverniera spartea.

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