Aenetus ramsayi

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Aenetus ramsayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species:
A. ramsayi
Binomial name
Aenetus ramsayi
(Scott, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Charagia ramsayiScott, 1869

Aenetus ramsayi, the swift ghost moth, is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales. [1]

The wingspan is 100 mm for females and 80 mm for males. Females have green forewings with white markings and pale orange hindwings. Males have blue-green forewings with white markings and blue-green hindwings. Adults are on wing from February to March. [2]

The larvae feed on various trees and saplings, including Diploglottis australis , Alectryon , Syzygium smithii and Eucalyptus grandis . They bore in the stem of their host plant.

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References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2012-02-10.