Aphomia

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Galleriinae Scientific name Aphomia Higher classification Tirathabini Order Butterflies and moths		Family Pyralidae Tribe Tirathabini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Lower classifications Aphomia sociella, Aphomia baryptera

Take a closer look at wax larvae aphomia sociella

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.

Species

Aphomia Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums Aphomia Sociella

Aphomia argentia Whalley, 1964

Aphomia baryptera (Lower, 1901)

Aphomia burellus (Holland, 1900)

Aphomia caffralis Hampson, 1917

Aphomia curvicostella (Zerny, 1914)

Aphomia distictella Hampson, 1917

Aphomia erumpens (Lucas, 1898)

Aphomia euchelliellus (Snellen, 1900)

Aphomia foedella (Zeller, 1839)

Aphomia fulminalis

Aphomia fuscolimbella (Ragonot, 1887)

Aphomia grisea Turati, 1913

Aphomia homochroa (Turner, 1905)

Aphomia isodesma (Meyrick, 1886)

Aphomia lolotialis (Caradja, 1927)

Aphomia melli (Caradja & Meyrick, 1933)

Aphomia monochroa (Hampson, 1912)

Aphomia murciella (Zerny, 1914)

Aphomia ochracea Hampson, 1917

Aphomia odontella (Hampson, 1898)

Aphomia opticogramma (Meyrick, 1935)

Aphomia pimelodes Meyrick, 1936

Aphomia poliocyma Turner, 1937

Aphomia pygmealis (Caradja & Meyrick, 1935)

Aphomia sabella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)

Aphomia sopozhnikovi (Krulikovsky, 1909

Aphomia sociella – Bee Moth

Aphomia spoliatrix Christoph, 1881

Aphomia taiwanalis (Shibuya, 1928)

Aphomia terrenella Zeller, 1848

Aphomia unicolor (Staudinger, 1880)

Aphomia variegatella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)

Aphomia vinotincta (Hampson, 1908)

Aphomia zelleri Joannis, 1932

The former A. pachytera is now in Heteromicta.

References

Aphomia Wikipedia

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