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 (New Guinea)
- Aenetus astathes (Western Australia)
- Aenetus bilineatus (New Guinea)
- Aenetus blackburnii - Blackburn's ghost moth (South Australia; Victoria, Australia) [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetusblackburnii/aenetus_blackburnii_02.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3DAenetusblackburnii&h=375&w=640&sz=58&tbnid=omlkESt_kEZ-QM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bblackburnii%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]
- Aenetus cohici (New Caledonia) [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sciencebuff.org/images/dynamic/science/aenetus_cohici_male2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sciencebuff.org/aenetus_cohici.php&h=325&w=500&sz=53&tbnid=EDLmApryo-fMJM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=127&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bcohici%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]
- Aenetus crameri (New Guinea)
- Aenetus dulcis (Western Australia) [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetusdulcis/aenetus_dulcis_02.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3DAenetusdulcis&h=442&w=640&sz=40&tbnid=-kLOXqnhPVWjqM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bdulcis%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]
- Food plant: Agonis
- Aenetus djernaesae (Western Australia )
- Aenetus edwardsi (Queensland, Australia)
- Aenetus tegulatus (Indonesia, New Guinea) [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetustegulatus/aenetus_tegulatus_01.highlight.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/Hepialidae%3Fpage%3D3&h=106&w=150&sz=5&tbnid=sBuDW2bRzn2Y7M:&tbnh=63&tbnw=90&hl=en&start=9&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Btegulatus%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]
- Aenetus tephroptilus (Western Australia)
- Aenetus thermistis (northern Australia)
- Aenetus tindalei (South Australia)