Aenetus

For the character in Greek mythology, see Aenetus (mythology).

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.

Aenetus
Puriri moth (Aenetus virescens)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Charagia Walker, 1856 Phloiopsyche Scott, 1864 Oenetus Kirby, 1892 Choragia Pagenstecher, 1909 Oenetes Oke, 1953

Species

• Aenetus arfaki (New Guinea)
• Aenetus astathes (Western Australia)
• Aenetus bilineatus (New Guinea) ^[1]
• Aenetus blackburnii - Blackburn's ghost moth (South Australia; Victoria, Australia)
• Aenetus cohici (New Caledonia)
• Aenetus crameri (New Guinea)
• Aenetus dulcis (Western Australia)
  • Food plant: Agonis
• Aenetus djernaesae (Western Australia ) ^[2]
• Aenetus edwardsi (Queensland, Australia) ^[2]
• Aenetus eugyna (New Guinea)
• Aenetus eximia - common ghost moth (southern Queensland to Victoria, Australia)
  • Recorded food plants: Daphnandra, Dodonaea, Doryphora, Eucalyptus, Glochidion, Nothofagus, Prostanthera, Waterhousea
• Aenetus hampsoni (New Guinea)
• Aenetus lewinii (southern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia)
  • Recorded food plants: Casuarina, Leptospermum
• Aenetus ligniveren - common splendid ghost moth (Southern Queensland to South Australia)
  • Recorded food plants: Acacia, Acmena, Callistemon, Dodonaea, Eucalyptus, Lantana, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Malus, Melaleuca, Olearia, Pomaderris, Prostanthera, Rubus
• Aenetus marginatus (New Guinea)
• Aenetus mirabilis - North Queensland swift moth (Queensland)
  • Food plant: Alphitonia
• Aenetus montanus (Victoria and New South Wales, Australia)
  • Food plant: Eucalyptus
• Aenetus ombraloma (Tasmania)
  • Food plant: Eucalyptus
• Aenetus ramsayi (Queensland and New South Wales)
  • Recorded food plants: Diploglottis, Eucalyptus
• Aenetus scotti (Queensland and New South Wales, Australia)
  • Recorded food plants: Daphnandra, Dendrocnide, Diploglottis, Eucalyptus, Lantana, Tetradium
• Aenetus scripta (Western Australia)
• Aenetus sordida (New Guinea)
• Aenetus splendens (southern Queensland and New South Wales Australia)

Recorded food plants: Callicoma, Casuarina, Eugenia, Trema

• Aenetus sumatraensis (Sumatra, Indonesia) ^[3]
• Aenetus tegulatus (Indonesia, New Guinea)
• Aenetus tephroptilus (Western Australia)
• Aenetus thermistis (northern Australia)
• Aenetus tindalei (South Australia) ^[2]
• Aenetus toxopeusi (New Guinea)
• Aenetus virescens - puriri moth (North Island, New Zealand) (New Zealand's largest native moth)
  • Recorded food plants: Carpodetus, Citrus, Cornus, Eucalyptus, Malus, Nothofagus, oak, Prunus, willow

References

1. Beaver, Ethan (2019). "A new species of Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from New Guinea". Australian Entomologist. 46: 47–55.
2. Simonsen, Thomas (2018). Splendid Ghost Moths and Their Allies - A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). CSIRO publishing. ISBN 9781486307470.
3. Grehan, John (2018). "New Species of Aenetus from Sumatra, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and a 5,000 km biogeographic disjunction". Entomofauna. 39/2: 849–862.

External links

• Hepialidae of Australia
• Hepialidae: Aenetus, johngrehan.net