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7 unusual facts about Hepialidae


Adenocalymna

Adenocalymna species are used as food plants by the larva of the hepialid moth Trichophassus giganteus.

Callistemon

In Australia, Callistemon species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. ligniveren.

Diploglottis

Diploglottis species are used as food plants by the hepialid moths Aenetus ramsayi and Aenetus scotti.

Gegenini

Among others, it contains the butterflies commonly called "swifts" ("Swift moths" belong to the unrelated Hepialidae).

Lepidoptera genitalia

Exoporian : Hepialidae and related families have an external groove that carries sperm from the copulatory opening (gonopore) to the (ovipore) and are termed Exoporian.

Leptospermum

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.

Prostanthera

Prostanthera species are used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. eximia and A. ligniveren.


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Puriri moth

The puriri moth, Aenetus virescens, is a moth of the family Hepialidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.


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