Aenetus

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Genus of moths

title: "Aenetus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hepialidae", "exoporia-genera", "taxa-named-by-gottlieb-august-wilhelm-herrich-schäffer"] description: "Genus of moths" topic_path: "general/hepialidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aenetus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of moths ::

| image = Puriri moth-05.jpg | image_caption = Puriri moth (Aenetus virescens) | taxon = Aenetus | authority = Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms =

  • Charagia Walker, 1856
  • Phloiopsyche Scott, 1864
  • Oenetus Kirby, 1892
  • Choragia Pagenstecher, 1909
  • Oenetes Oke, 1953 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.

Species

References

References

  1. Beaver, Ethan. (2019). "A new species of Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from New Guinea". Australian Entomologist.
  2. Simonsen, Thomas. (2018). "Splendid Ghost Moths and Their Allies - A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae)". CSIRO publishing.
  3. Grehan, John. (2018). "New Species of Aenetus from Sumatra, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and a 5,000 km biogeographic disjunction". Entomofauna.

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