Aphomia

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.

Aphomia
Bee moth (A. sociella) specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
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

Species

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela
gollark: I can retrieve the coefficients.
gollark: Languages and other techs actually, since why not.
gollark: The "languages worked on" thing and whether people are trans.
gollark: I'm using scikit logistic regression and lots of glue code.
gollark: I doubt it's a coincidence. Probably the thing fitting thing wants symmetry of some form.

References

  • Savela, Markku. "Aphomia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.