Subgenus Acanthohelea Kieffer, 1917

Type species. Acanthohelea pruinosa Kieffer, 1917; by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Top of the wing with macrotrichia. Male genitalia: aedeagus bent, with a bulge in the middle. Femora without spines, legs with strong setae, especially tibiae; fifth tarsomere rarely with ventral spines. One or two seminal capsules present (Wirth & Grogan 1988, Alwin & Szadziewski 2012).