Aenetus maiasinus Beaver & Moore, 2020 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Ethan Beaver, Kimberley, Western Australia)

The adult male moths have off-white forewings, each having a brown costa with white spots. The hindwings are plain off-white. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

The females are unknown.

The species has been found in :

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Ethan Beaver, Michael D. Moore, Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, John R. Grehan, Mark I. Stevens,
Four new species of Splendid Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae: Aenetus) from Australia and Papua New Guinea,
Zootaxa,
Volume 47809, Part 3 (July 2020), pp. 449-474.

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(written 14 August 2020, updated 17 August 2020)