Aenetus tegulatus
| Aenetus tegulatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Aenetus |
| Species: | A. tegulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenetus tegulatus (Pagenstecher, 1888) | |
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Aenetus tegulatus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from south-eastern Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 40 mm for females and males are smaller. Adult males have mottled fawn forewings and pale green hindwings. Females have bright green forewings and pink hindwings.[2]
Young larvae feed on dead leaves. Older larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Allocasuarina littoralis and Glochidion disparides.