Aenetus
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
- Aenetus arfaki
- Aenetus astathes
- Aenetus bilineatus
- Aenetus blackburnii - Blackburn's ghost moth
- Aenetus cohici
- Aenetus crameri
- Aenetus dulcis
- *Food plant: Agonis
- Aenetus djernaesae
- Aenetus edwardsi
- Aenetus eugyna
- Aenetus eximia - common ghost moth
- *Recorded food plants: Daphnandra, Dodonaea, Doryphora, Eucalyptus, Glochidion, Nothofagus, Prostanthera, Waterhousea
- Aenetus hampsoni
- Aenetus lewinii
- *Recorded food plants: Casuarina, Leptospermum
- Aenetus ligniveren - common splendid ghost moth
- *Recorded food plants: Acacia, Acmena, Callistemon, Dodonaea, Eucalyptus, Lantana, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Malus, Melaleuca, Olearia, Pomaderris, Prostanthera, Rubus
- Aenetus marginatus
- Aenetus mirabilis - North Queensland swift moth
- *Food plant: Alphitonia
- Aenetus montanus
- *Food plant: Eucalyptus
- Aenetus ombraloma
- *Food plant: Eucalyptus
- Aenetus ramsayi
- *Recorded food plants: Diploglottis, Eucalyptus
- Aenetus scotti
- *Recorded food plants: Daphnandra, Dendrocnide, Diploglottis, Eucalyptus, Lantana, Tetradium
- Aenetus scripta
- Aenetus sordida
- Aenetus splendens
- Aenetus sumatraensis
- Aenetus tegulatus
- Aenetus tephroptilus
- Aenetus thermistis
- Aenetus tindalei
- Aenetus toxopeusi
- Aenetus virescens - puriri moth
- *Recorded food plants: Carpodetus, Citrus, Cornus, Eucalyptus, Malus, Nothofagus, oak, Prunus, willow
