Aphomia

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Aphomia
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Bee moth (A. sociella) specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Galleriinae
Tribe: Tirathabini
Genus: Aphomia
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms [1]
  • AphomoeaJ. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • ArenipsesHampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • ArenipsesRebel, 1901
  • IlithyiaBerthold in Latreille, 1827
  • IlythiaStephens, 1829
  • MeliaCurtis, 1828
  • MelissoblaptesZeller, 1839

Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila (bees and bumblebees), where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.

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Species

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera .

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela

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