Aenetus eximia Forest Splendid Ghost Moth
This moth occurs on Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Victoria. We see it at Tallowwood Ridge from late September to December.
Larval foodplants
Larvae feed internally in saplings of several species here on our property at Tallowwood Ridge. The entrance to their tunnel is usually within a metre of the ground. Their known food-plants growing here are
Dendrocnide excelsa (URTICACEAE) Diploglottis australis (SAPINDACEAE) Doryphora sassafras (MONIMIACEAE) Glochidion ferdinandi (Cheese Tree)(PHYLLANTHACEAE) Nothofagus moorei (Antarctic Beech)(NOTHOFAGACEAE) Syzygium smithii (lilly pilly)(MYRTACEAE)Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. = Waterhousea floribunda)(MYRTACEAE) Tristaniopsis sp. (MYRTACEAE)
Many of these food-plants are also indigenous to the areas of rainforest immediately surrounding our property. Refer ‘Monographs of Australian Lepidoptera’ Volume 12, Splendid Ghost Moths and Their Allies, CSIRO Publishing 2018.
