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Acantholipes

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Acantholipes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Julius Lederer in 1857.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae

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Parent taxon
Acantholipini
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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.

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