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.[1][2]

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.


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