''Aenetus'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Hepialidae The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths. Taxonomy and systematics The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exop ...

. There are 24 described species found in

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and

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. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings, but some are predominantly brown or white. The

larva A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase ...

e feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk, then vertically down.

Species

* '' Aenetus arfaki'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus astathes'' (Western Australia) *'' Aenetus bilineatus'' (New Guinea) *'' Aenetus blackburnii'' - Blackburn's ghost moth (South Australia; Victoria, Australia

* '' Aenetus cohici'' (New Caledonia

* '' Aenetus crameri'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus dulcis'' (Western Australia

**Food plant: '' Agonis'' *'' Aenetus djernaesae'' (Western Australia ) *'' Aenetus edwardsi'' (Queensland, Australia) *'' Aenetus eugyna'' (New Guinea) *''

Aenetus eximia ''Aenetus eximia'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from southern Queensland, Australia, to Tasmania. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including ''Syzygium smithii'', '' Eucalyptus grandis'', '' Waterhousea floribunda'', ...

'' - common ghost moth (southern

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

to Victoria, Australia

**Recorded food plants: '' Daphnandra'', ''

Dodonaea ''Dodonaea'', commonly known as hop-bushes, is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Am ...

'', '' Doryphora'', ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...

'', '' Glochidion'', ''

Nothofagus ''Nothofagus'', also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere, found across southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guin ...

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Prostanthera ''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in oppos ...

'', '' Waterhousea'' * '' Aenetus hampsoni'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus lewinii'' (southern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia) **Recorded food plants: ''

Casuarina ''Casuarina'', also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and e ...

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Leptospermum ''Leptospermum'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of ''Melaleuca''. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greate ...

'' * '' Aenetus ligniveren'' - common splendid ghost moth (Southern Queensland to South Australia

**Recorded food plants: ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

'', '' Acmena'', '' Callistemon'', ''

'', ''

Lantana ''Lantana'' () is a genus of about 150 species of perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropics, tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in num ...

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Lophostemon ''Lophostemon'' ('lophos' - crest, 'stemon' - stamen) is a genus of 4 species of evergreen trees in the myrtle and clove family Myrtaceae. All four species are native to Australia, with one extending to New Guinea. The genus was first described ...

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Malus ''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples. The genus i ...

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Melaleuca ''Melaleuca'' () is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of '' Leptospermum''). They ...

'', ''

Olearia ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

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Pomaderris ''Pomaderris'' is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, the species native to Australia and/or New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Pomaderris'' are usually shrubs, sometimes small trees with simple leaves arrang ...

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Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...

'' * '' Aenetus marginatus'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus mirabilis'' - North Queensland swift moth (Queensland

**Food plant: '' Alphitonia'' * '' Aenetus montanus'' (Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

**Food plant: ''Eucalyptus'' * '' Aenetus ombraloma'' (Tasmania) **Food plant: ''Eucalyptus'' * '' Aenetus ramsayi'' (Queensland and

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**Recorded food plants: '' Diploglottis'', ''

'' * '' Aenetus scotti'' (Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

**Recorded food plants: '' Daphnandra'', '' Dendrocnide'', '' Diploglottis'', ''

'', ''

'', '' Tetradium'' * '' Aenetus scripta'' (Western Australia

* '' Aenetus sordida'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus splendens'' (southern Queensland and New South Wales Australia

:Recorded food plants: '' Callicoma'', ''

'', '' Eugenia'', ''

Trema Trema may refer to: * a Greek and Latin root meaning ''hole'' * Trema, a term for the two dots (diacritic) ** Tréma, (French), a diaeresis * ''Trema'' (plant), a genus of about 15 species of small evergreen trees * Tréma (record label), a Fr ...

'' *'' Aenetus sumatraensis'' (Sumatra, Indonesia) *'' Aenetus tegulatus'' (Indonesia, New Guinea

*'' Aenetus tephroptilus'' (Western Australia) *'' Aenetus thermistis'' (northern Australia) *'' Aenetus tindalei'' (South Australia) * '' Aenetus toxopeusi'' (New Guinea) * '' Aenetus virescens'' - puriri moth (

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, New Zealand

(New Zealand's largest native moth) **Recorded food plants: '' Carpodetus'', ''

Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. ''Citrus'' is nativ ...

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Cornus ''Cornus'' is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods or cornels, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. Most are deciduous ...

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oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

, ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...

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willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

References

External links

Hepialidae of Australia

Hepialidae: Aenetus
johngrehan.net {{Taxonbar, from=Q507740 Hepialidae Exoporia genera Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer