Acantholipes curvilinea is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in western China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Acantholipes |
| Species: | A. curvilinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Acantholipes curvilinea | |
The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are leaden-grey with blackish ante- and postmedial lines. The first is slightly oblique and the second band-like and incurved below the cell. The submarginal line is vinous-brown, edged with fuscous, slightly curved and followed by three patches of black. The reniform stigma is lunular and the orbicular is punctiform. Both are black. The hindwings are fuscous-grey with a darker medial line, and a dark edged ochreous-brown submarginal band, the space between the band and line is leaden-grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in June.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Acantholipes curvilinea.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Acantholipes curvilinea Leech 1900". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- ^ XII. Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan, and Corea
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