''Aenetus splendens'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is about 70 mm for females and 50 mm for males. Adult males have green forewings with white diagonal bars. The hindwings are shiny pale grey. Females have green forewings with variable red markings and red hindwings. The larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including ''

Syzygium smithii ''Syzygium smithii'' (formerly ''Acmena smithii'') is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It shares the common name "lilly pilly" with several other plants.It is planted as shrubs or hed ...

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Callistemon ''Callistemon'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1814. The entire genus is endemic to Australia but widely cultivated in many other regions and naturalised in scattered locations. Their status as a se ...

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Trema aspera ''Trema tomentosa'' var. ''viridis'' is a forest plant. In Australia it occurs from Twofold Bay (37° S) in New South Wales to far northern Queensland, New Guinea and West Papua (Indonesia). It had been recorded near Mallacoota, but is now presu ...

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Dodonaea ''Dodonaea'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, often known as hop-bushes, in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, s ...

'', '' Lantana camara'', '' Pandorea pandorana'' and '' Rubus''. They create a web made of silk and sawdust which covers the entrance to the tunnel. Pupation takes place inside the tunnel.

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Moths described in 1864 Hepialidae {{Hepialidae-stub