Aenetus tegulatus

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Aenetus tegulatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species:
A. tegulatus
Binomial name
Aenetus tegulatus
(Pagenstecher, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus tegulatusPagenstecher, 1888
  • Hepialus rosatusPagenstecher, 1888
  • Hepialus cyanochloraLower, 1894
  • Hepialus thermistisLower, 1894
  • Charagia walsinghamiOlliff, 1895

Aenetus tegulatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from south-eastern Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland. [1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm for females and males are smaller. Adult males have mottled fawn forewings and pale green hindwings. Females have bright green forewings and pink hindwings. [2]

Young larvae feed on dead leaves. Older larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Allocasuarina littoralis and Glochidion disparides .

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References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2012-02-12.