Aenetus cohici | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Aenetus |
Species: | A. cohici |
Binomial name | |
Aenetus cohici Viette, 1961 | |
Aenetus cohici is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. [1]
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Aenetus astathes is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Australia.
Aenetus crameri is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Aenetus dulcis is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is known from Western Australia.
Aenetus eugyna is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
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