Achroia

Achroia
Adult lesser wax moth (A. grisella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Galleriini
Genus:	Achroia Hübner, 1819
Type species
Bombyx cinereola Hübner, [1803]
Synonyms
Several, see text

Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.

It has only one unequivocally recognized species: ^[1]

• Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)– lesser wax moth

Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity: ^[2]

• Achroia aluearia Fabricius 1798
• Achroia alvea Haworth 1811
• Achroia anticella Walker 1863
• Achroia cinereola Hübner 1802
• Achroia ifranella Lucas 1955
• Achroia innotata (Walker, 1864)
• Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot 1901

Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are: ^[3]

• AchroeaAgassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
• Acroia( lapsus )
• MeliphoraGuenée, 1845
• VobrixWalker, 1864

Footnotes

1. "Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
2. See references in Savela (2010)
3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2010)

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Achroia. Version of November 5, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
• Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms– Achroia. Version of July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2011.