Aenetus splendens

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Aenetus splendens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species:
A. splendens
Binomial name
Aenetus splendens
(Scott, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Charagia splendensScott, 1864
  • Charagia acaciaePfitzner in Pfitzner, & Gaede, 1933

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

The larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Syzygium smithii , Callistemon , Eucalyptus , Callicoma serratifolia , Trema aspera , Casuarina , Dodonaea , Lantana camara , Pandorea pandorana and Rubus .

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