- Acontia lucida
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Acontia lucida 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Acontia Species: A. lucida Binomial name Acontia lucida
(Hufnagel, 1766)Synonyms - Phalaena lucida Hufnagel, 1766
- Noctua solaris [Schiffermüller], 1775
- Noctua albicollis Fabricius, 1781
- Phalaena Noctua rupicola Borkhausen, 1792
- Noctua insolatrix Hübner, [1822]
- Acontia triradiata Walker, [1858]
- Acontia lucida var. triangulum Costa, 1882
- Acontia lucida var. lugens Alpheraky, 1889
- Acontia lucida f. mediofasciata Stauder, 1923
- Tarache (Acontia) lucida var. heliodora Schawerda, 1924
The Pale Shoulder (Acontia lucida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Turkey, Iran and India. It has also been recorded from Algeria. It is a rare migrant to the south coast of Great Britain.
The wingspan is 26-30 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations.
The larvae feed on Althaea officinalis, Convolvulus, Chenopodium and Taraxacum.
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