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Splendid Ghost Moths
Aenetus
Aenetus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 24 described species found in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. Most species have green or blue forewings and reddish hindwings, but some are predominantly brown or white. The larvae feed in the trunks of living trees, burrowing horizontally into the trunk, then vertically down.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pūriri moth
speciesAenetus virescens
Forest Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus eximia
Common Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus ligniveren
Karri Moth
speciesAenetus dulcis
Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus splendens
Aenetus scotti
speciesAenetus scotti
Aenetus cyanochlora
speciesAenetus cyanochlora
Blackburn's Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus blackburnii
Aenetus ramsayi
speciesAenetus ramsayi
Lewin's Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus lewinii
Aenetus mirabilis
speciesAenetus mirabilis
Tasmanian Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus moorei
Ted's Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus edwardsi
Marie's Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus djernaesae
Tindale's Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus tindalei
Highland Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus ombraloma
Alpine Splendid Ghost Moth
speciesAenetus montanus
Aenetus arfaki
speciesAenetus arfaki
Aenetus tephroptilus
speciesAenetus tephroptilus
Aenetus negasii
speciesAenetus negasii
Aenetus simonseni
speciesAenetus simonseni
Aenetus eugyna
speciesAenetus eugyna
Aenetus astathes
speciesAenetus astathes
Aenetus maiasinus
speciesAenetus maiasinus
Aenetus cohici
speciesAenetus cohici
Aenetus sordida
speciesAenetus sordida
Aenetus marginatus
speciesAenetus marginatus
Aenetus scripta
speciesAenetus scripta
Aenetus trigonogrammus
speciesAenetus trigonogrammus
Aenetus bilineatus
speciesAenetus bilineatus
Aenetus sumatraensis
speciesAenetus sumatraensis
Aenetus tegulatus
speciesAenetus tegulatus
Aenetus crameri
speciesAenetus crameri
Aenetus toxopeusi
speciesAenetus toxopeusi
Aenetus albadamanteum
speciesAenetus albadamanteum
Aenetus sibelae
speciesAenetus sibelae
Aenetus hampsoni
speciesAenetus hampsoni
Aenetus wollastoni
speciesAenetus wollastoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 374004.