Acontia lucida, the pale shoulder, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

[2] This species can be found in most of Europe, east to Turkey, Iran and India.

[3][4] The pale shoulder can be found in grasslands, dry meadows, steppes, dunes and roadsides, where the host plants are present.

The forewings show a greyish-white front part and a wide dark brown median band, dark mottled and marbled, larger in the centre.

[5] The larvae are polyphagous, feeding on various herbaceous plants, mainly on mallow (Malva species), common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), goosefoots (Chenopodium) and dandelion (Taraxacum).