Aenetus splendens

Aenetus splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

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


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