In Australia, Callistemon species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. ligniveren.
Dendrocnide species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Aenetus scotti.
Diploglottis species are used as food plants by the hepialid moths Aenetus ramsayi and Aenetus scotti.
Dodonaea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Aenetus ligniveren.
Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor.
In Australia, Leptospermum species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus, including A. lewinii and A. ligniveren.
Lophostemon species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren.
Olearia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren, which burrows into the trunk.
Pomaderris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren.
Prostanthera species are used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. eximia and A. ligniveren.
Tetradium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus scotti and Endoclita damor.
Waterhousea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia.
The puriri moth, Aenetus virescens, is a moth of the family Hepialidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.