Acantholipes circumdata

Acantholipes circumdata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Acantholipes
Species:	A. circumdata
Binomial name
	Acantholipes circumdata; Walker, 1858
Synonyms
	Docela affinisButler, 1880 ; Acantholipes flavisignaMoore, 1881 ; Acantholipes nigrisignaMoore, 1881 ; Docela vetustalisWalker 1866 ; Acantholipes circumdatus(Walker, 1858) ;

Last updated September 30, 2025

Acantholipes circumdata is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It 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 .

References

↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Acantholipes circumdatus (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.

External links

Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Acantholipes circumdatus (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.

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