Aenetus tegulatus

Aenetus tegulatus
Scientific classification
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 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.

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