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

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mellonella Linnaeus 1758 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 5622 austrinia Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer 1875 (Galleria) cerea Haworth 1811 (Crambus) cerealis Hübner 1825 (Galleria) cereana Blom 1764 (Phalaena) cerella Fabricius 1775 (Tinea) crombrugheella Dufrane 1930 (Galleria) obliquella Walker 1866 (Vindana)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 24.51m; p. 186. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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