Biology:Aphomia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Aphomia
Aphomia.sociella.jpg
Bee moth (A. sociella) specimen
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Galleriinae
Tribe: Tirathabini
Genus: Aphomia
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms[1]
  • Aphomoea J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • Arenipses Hampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • Arenipses Rebel, 1901
  • Ilithyia Berthold in Latreille, 1827
  • Ilythia Stephens, 1829
  • Melia Curtis, 1828
  • Melissoblaptes Zeller, 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.

Species

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4779670 entry