HEPIALIDAE, HEPIALOIDEA | (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 :
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)