Aenetus
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Aenetus is a genus of moth
s 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 larva
e feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk then vertically down.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the family Hepialidae
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae is 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:...
. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings but some are predominantly brown or white. The larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk then vertically down.
Species
- Aenetus arfaki (New Guinea)
- Aenetus astathes (Australia)
- Aenetus blackburnii - Blackburn's Ghost Moth (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 (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: AgonisAgonisAgonis is a genus of four species in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west.Only one, Agonis flexuosa, grows to tree size, the others generally growing as tall shrubs....
- Food plant: Agonis
- Aenetus eugyna (New Guinea)
- Aenetus eximia - Common Ghost Moth (Southern QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
to TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.geocities.com/peterslepis/peterm07.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geocities.com/peterslepis/&h=189&w=260&sz=27&tbnid=kCH1gvVJUe7CBM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=107&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Beximia%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D- Recorded food plants: DaphnandraDaphnandraDaphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.There are six species, occurring in New South Wales and Queensland:...
, DodonaeaDodonaeaDodonaea is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. By far the highest species diversity is in Australia...
, DoryphoraDoryphoraDoryphora is a genus of plant in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. It contains four species, two endemic to Australia.-Overview:...
, EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, GlochidionGlochidionGlochidion are a taxon of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands...
, NothofagusNothofagusNothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 35 species of trees and shrubs native to the temperate oceanic to tropical Southern Hemisphere in southern South America and Australasia...
, ProstantheraProstantheraProstanthera, commonly known as Mintbush, is a genus of plants of the family Lamiaceae. There are about 90 species within the genus, all of which are endemic to Australia. The word is derived from the Greek, which refers to an appendage...
, WaterhouseaWaterhouseaWaterhousea is a genus of 4 species of small tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are endemic to Australia, along the eastern coast in New South Wales and Queensland...
- Recorded food plants: Daphnandra
- Aenetus hampsoni (New Guinea)
- Aenetus lewinii (Australia)
- Recorded food plants: CasuarinaCasuarinaCasuarina is a genus of 17 species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australasia, southeast Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was once treated as the sole genus in the family, but has been split into three genera .They are evergreen shrubs and trees growing to 35 m tall...
, LeptospermumLeptospermumLeptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another to Malaysia, and L. recurvum is endemic to Malaysia.They...
- Recorded food plants: Casuarina
- Aenetus ligniverenAenetus ligniverenThe Common Splendid Ghost Moth is a moth in the Hepialidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Tasmania....
- Common Splendid Ghost Moth (Southern Queensland to Tasmania) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain1914.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_110.htm&h=350&w=300&sz=15&tbnid=BKlTlhZYbaEvxM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=99&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bligniveren%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D- Recorded food plants: AcaciaAcaciaAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
, AcmenaAcmenaAcmena is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are related to guavas. The name is derived from the Greek word for "plentiful."The name was first validly published in 1828...
, BottlebrushBottlebrushCallistemon is a genus of 34 species of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Melaleuca, and four Callistemon species from New Caledonia were moved to that genus by Lyndley Craven and John Dawson in 1998...
, DodonaeaDodonaeaDodonaea is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. By far the highest species diversity is in Australia...
, EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, LantanaLantanaLantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region. The genus includes both...
, LeptospermumLeptospermumLeptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another to Malaysia, and L. recurvum is endemic to Malaysia.They...
, LophostemonLophostemonLophostemon is a genus of 4 species of evergreen tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. All four species are native to Australia, with one extending to New Guinea. The genus is a relatively recent creation; all 4 species were previously included in the related genus Tristania.The most well-known...
, MalusMalusMalus , the apples, are a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, MelaleucaMelaleucaMelaleuca is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae known for its natural soothing and cleansing properties. There are well over 200 recognised species, most of which are endemic to Australia...
, OleariaOleariaOlearia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. There are about 130 different species within the genus found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand...
, PomaderrisPomaderrisPomaderris is a genus of 70 species of shrub to small tree in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. 65 of the species are native to Australia and the other five are from New Zealand. There is some overlap....
, ProstantheraProstantheraProstanthera, commonly known as Mintbush, is a genus of plants of the family Lamiaceae. There are about 90 species within the genus, all of which are endemic to Australia. The word is derived from the Greek, which refers to an appendage...
, RubusRubusRubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are...
- Recorded food plants: Acacia
- Aenetus marginatus (New Guinea)
- Aenetus mirabilis - North Queensland Swift Moth (Queensland) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain2888.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_111.htm&h=350&w=300&sz=11&tbnid=RoQHmvysUtfsZM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=99&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bmirabilis%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
- Food plant: AlphitoniaAlphitoniaAlphitonia is an arborescent genus of flowering plants with about 20 species, belonging to the buckthorn family of the rosid eudicots. It occurs in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Oceania and Polynesia. These are large trees or shrubs. In Australia, these plants are often called "ash trees" or...
- Food plant: Alphitonia
- Aenetus montanus (Australia) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetusmontanus/aenetus_montanus_01.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3DAenetusmontanus&h=477&w=640&sz=49&tbnid=e_3Tdkd3u_1XAM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bmontanus%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
- Food plant: Eucalyptus
- Aenetus ombraloma (VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
)- Food plant: Eucalyptus
- Aenetus ramsayi (Queensland and New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain1913.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_114.htm&h=350&w=300&sz=12&tbnid=oWcPPn7VGAfLiM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=99&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bramsayi%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D- Recorded food plants: DiploglottisDiploglottisDiploglottis is a genus of 10 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Eight of the species are found in eastern Australia, primarily as a rainforest tree and the other two are in eastern Malesia and New Caledonia...
, EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
- Recorded food plants: Diploglottis
- Aenetus scotti (Australia) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetusscotti/aenetus_scotti_02.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3DAenetusscotti&h=449&w=640&sz=53&tbnid=QFsNB34ulfOlgM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bscotti%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
- Recorded food plants: DaphnandraDaphnandraDaphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.There are six species, occurring in New South Wales and Queensland:...
, DendrocnideDendrocnideDendrocnide is a genus of 37 species of shrub to large tree in the nettle family Urticaceae. They have a wide distribution across South-East Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.They are colloquially known as stinging nettles or nettle trees...
, DiploglottisDiploglottisDiploglottis is a genus of 10 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Eight of the species are found in eastern Australia, primarily as a rainforest tree and the other two are in eastern Malesia and New Caledonia...
, EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, LantanaLantanaLantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region. The genus includes both...
, TetradiumTetradiumTetradium is a genus of nine species of trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring in temperate to tropical east Asia. In older books, the genus was often included in the related genus Euodia , but that genus is now restricted to tropical species...
- Recorded food plants: Daphnandra
- Aenetus scriptaAenetus scriptaAenetus scripta is a species of moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to south-western Australia.The wingspan is about 80 mm. The hindwings are blue in males and yellow in females.-External links:* *...
(Australia) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/albums/Aenetusscripta/aenetus_scripta_01.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ento.csiro.au/gallery/moths/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3DAenetusscripta&h=410&w=640&sz=48&tbnid=NOFXg73F0xcOsM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bscripta%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D - Aenetus sordida (New Guinea)
- Aenetus splendens (Australia) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/hepi/splelil.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.usyd.edu.au/macleay/larvae/hepi/hepialidae.html&h=69&w=100&sz=4&tbnid=7Sv_zhN1pkCk0M:&tbnh=53&tbnw=77&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bsplendens%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
- Recorded food plants: CallicomaCallicomaCallicoma, is a plant genus that contains just one species, Callicoma serratifolia , a tall shrub or small tree which is native to Australia.-Description:...
, CasuarinaCasuarinaCasuarina is a genus of 17 species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australasia, southeast Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was once treated as the sole genus in the family, but has been split into three genera .They are evergreen shrubs and trees growing to 35 m tall...
, EugeniaEugeniaEugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,000 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the...
, TremaTremaTrema is a genus of about 15 species of evergreen trees closely related to the hackberries , occurring in subtropical and tropical regions of southern Asia, northern Australasia, Africa, South and Central America, and parts of North America...
- Aenetus tegulatus (Indonesia, New Guinea, Queensland) 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 (Australia)
- Aenetus toxopeusi (New Guinea)
- Aenetus virescens - Puriri mothPuriri mothThe puriri moth, Aenetus virescens, is a moth of the family Hepialidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's largest moth, with a wingspan of up to 150 mm....
(North IslandNorth IslandThe North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
, New Zealand) http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sciencebuff.org/images/dynamic/science/aenetus_virescens_2m.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sciencebuff.org/aenetus_virescens.php&h=535&w=450&sz=72&tbnid=iityDWhgYfzyuM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=108&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daenetus%2Bvirescens%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D (New Zealand's largest native moth)- Recorded food plants: Carpodetus, CitrusCitrusCitrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
, Cornus, EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, MalusMalusMalus , the apples, are a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, NothofagusNothofagusNothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 35 species of trees and shrubs native to the temperate oceanic to tropical Southern Hemisphere in southern South America and Australasia...
, OakOakAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, PrunusPrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. There are around 430 species spread throughout the northern temperate regions of the globe. Many members of the genus are widely cultivated for fruit and ornament.-Botany:Members of the genus...
, WillowWillowWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- Recorded food plants: Carpodetus, Citrus
