| Aenetus dulcis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Aenetus |
| Species: | A. dulcis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenetus dulcis (C. Swinhoe, 1892) | |
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Aenetus dulcis is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is known from Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 110 mm. [1]
The larvae feed on Agonis flexuosa . [2] They bore in the stem of their host plant.
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.
Agonis is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west.
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,132 described species in 340 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
Digama is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Australia.
Trichaeta is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.
Pangrapta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Amata chroma is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Australia.
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Oenospila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.
Euproctis baliolalis, the browntail gum moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the south-east quarter of Australia.
Synemon collecta, the striated sun moth, is a moth in the family Castniidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The population in Victoria might represent an undescribed allied species.
Thyrassia is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.
Cyclophora intermixtaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Taiwan, the Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Abantiades albofasciatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
Polynesia truncapex is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia and Bali.
Cyclophora posticamplum is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.
Nyctemera luctuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1863. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines. The habitat consists of mountainous areas.
Utetheisa aegrotum is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
Margaroniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Charles Swinhoe and Everard Charles Cotes in 1889.
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