Aenetus
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Aenetus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings but some are predominantly brown or white. The larvae feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk then vertically down. They usually pupate in the tunnel. Many different trees have been recorded as food plants in Australia including Acacia, Alphitonia, Bottlebrush, Casuarina, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Leptospermum, Melaleuca and Trema as well as introduced trees such as Apple and Elm.
Species
- A. arfaki (New Guinea)
- A. astathes (Australia)
- A. blackburnii - Blackburn's Ghost Moth (Australia)
- A. cohici (New Caledonia)
- A. crameri (New Guinea)
- A. dulcis (Australia)
- A. eugyna (New Guinea)
- A. eximia - Common Ghost Moth (Southern Queensland to Tasmania)
- A. hampsoni (New Guinea)
- A. lewinii (Australia)
- A. ligniveren - Common Splendid Ghost Moth (Southern Queensland to Tasmania)
- A. marginatus (New Guinea)
- A. mirabilis - North Queensland Swift Moth (Queensland)
- A. montanus (Australia)
- A. ombraloma (Victoria)
- A. ramsayi (Queensland and New South Wales)
- A. scotti (Australia)
- A. scripta (Australia)
- A. sordida (New Guinea)
- A. splendens (Australia)
- A. tegulatus (Indonesia, New Guinea, Queensland)
- A. tephroptilus (Australia)
- A. toxopeusi (New Guinea)
- A. virescens - Puriri Moth (North Island, New Zealand)
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