Aenetus ramsayi
Aenetus ramsayi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Aenetus |
Species: | A. ramsayi |
Binomial name | |
Aenetus ramsayi (Scott, 1869) | |
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The Swift Ghost Moth (Aenetus ramsayi) is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]
The wingspan is 100 mm for females and 80 mm for males. Females have green forewings with white markings and pale orange hindwings. Males have blue-green forewings with white markings and blue-green hindwings. Adults are on wing from February to March.[2]
The larvae feed on various trees and saplings, including Diploglottis australis, Alectryon, Syzygium smithii and Eucalyptus grandis. They bore in the stem of their host plant.