Acantholipes trajecta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.

It is found in South Africa,[2] India, Sri Lanka, and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Body yellowish brown or dark red.

Forewings with indistinct waved antemedial and postmedial lines from the cell to inner margin with white specks series on them.

Hindwings with reddish-brown narrow medial band, with indistinct antemedial and postmedial lines with series of white specks on them.