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Pyralidae
80a0041 – 5622   Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
             Greater Wax Moth

© Chris Mallory
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Synonymy: • Phalaena Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758
• Galleria austrinia Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
• Crambus cerea Haworth, 1811
• Galleria cerealis Hόbner, 1825
• Phalaena cereana Blom, 1764
• Tinea cerella Fabricius, 1775
• Galleria crombrugheella Dufrane, 1930
• Vindana obliquella Walker, 1866
References
Galleria mellonella
© Anthony W. Thomas
Galleria mellonella
© Bob Patterson
Galleria mellonella
© Maury Heiman
Galleria mellonella
© Arlene Ripley
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© Ken Childs
Galleria mellonella
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Galleria mellonella
© Jim Vargo
Galleria mellonella
© Joyce Gross

Galleria mellonella
© Joyce Gross


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