Acanthaspis quinquespinosa is a species of assassin bug found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet.

The adult Acanthaspis quinquespinosa is a warningly-coloured, winged assassin bug that varies in appearance depending on the habitat in which it occurs.

The overall colour is dark brown to black, with a reddish-brown abdomen and legs, and yellowish spots on the pronotum and fore-wings.

[3] It occurs in a number of different habitats including tropical rainforest, scrub-jungle and semiarid agricultural areas.

Crop pests on which it preys include the beet armyworm Laphygma exigua, the blister beetle Mylabris purtulata, the termite Odontotermes wallonensis, the cotton-stainer bugs Dysdercus koenigii and Oxycarenus laetus, the American bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, the leaf caterpillar Spodoptera litura, the pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella and the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica.