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Aenetus tegulatus

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Species of moth

Aenetus tegulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species: A. tegulatus
Binomial name
Aenetus tegulatus
(Pagenstecher, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus tegulatus Pagenstecher, 1888
  • Hepialus rosatus Pagenstecher, 1888
  • Hepialus cyanochlora Lower, 1894
  • Hepialus thermistis Lower, 1894
  • Charagia walsinghami Olliff, 1895

Aenetus tegulatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from south-eastern Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Young larvae feed on dead leaves. Older larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Allocasuarina littoralis and Glochidion disparides.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
Taxon identifiers
Aenetus tegulatus


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