''Heteropalpia acrosticta'' is a species of moth in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Rudolf Püngeler Rudolf Püngeler (15 February 1857 in Burtscheid – 1 February 1927 in Aachen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a district court lawyer in Aachen. Püngeler described very many new species and named ten new ...

in 1904. The species is found from the western parts of the

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to Israel, Jordan, Egypt and most of the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

. Adult males have a wingspan of 31 mm. The female is a little larger.Püngeler, R. (1904)
"Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren"
''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris''. Bd.16, p.290 Taf.VI, fig.6. - via Biodiversity Heritage Library. There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

'' species, including '' A. geraldi'', '' A. raddiana'' and '' A. gummifera''.

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Ophiusini Moths described in 1904 Moths of the Middle East Insects of Chad Insects of West Africa Moths of Africa {{Erebinae-stub