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Aenetus splendens

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Species of moth

Aenetus splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species: A. splendens
Binomial name
Aenetus splendens
(Scott, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Charagia splendens Scott, 1864
  • Charagia acaciae Pfitzner in Pfitzner, & Gaede, 1933

Aenetus splendens is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.

The larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Syzygium smithii, Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Callicoma serratifolia, Trema aspera, Casuarina, Dodonaea, Lantana camara, Pandorea pandorana and Rubus.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers
Aenetus splendens


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