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Aenetus mirabilis

Aenetus mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aenetus
Species: A. mirabilis
Binomial name
Aenetus mirabilis
Rothschild, 1894
Synonyms
  • Oenetus mirabilis

Aenetus mirabilis is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 100 mm. Adult males have blue-green forewings and white hindwings. They have a set of brown hairs at the base of the wings that emit a pheromone. Females have brownish-green forewings and yellow hindwings.

The larvae feed on Alphitonia species. They bore in the stems of trees and saplings.



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