Adenocalymna species are used as food plants by the larva of the hepialid moth Trichophassus giganteus.
In Australia, Callistemon species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. ligniveren.
Diploglottis species are used as food plants by the hepialid moths Aenetus ramsayi and Aenetus scotti.
Among others, it contains the butterflies commonly called "swifts" ("Swift moths" belong to the unrelated Hepialidae).
Exoporian : Hepialidae and related families have an external groove that carries sperm from the copulatory opening (gonopore) to the (ovipore) and are termed Exoporian.
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 species are used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genus Aenetus including A. eximia and A. ligniveren.
The puriri moth, Aenetus virescens, is a moth of the family Hepialidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.