genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of small
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s belonging to the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyra ...
. Some breed in the nests of
Anthophila
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the super ...
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bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...
s and
bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related gene ...
s), where their
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larva, larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterfly, butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawfly ...
s are
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...
honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...
and
pollen
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by seed plants. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametop ...
Aphomia distictella
''Aphomia distictella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by George Hampson in 1917 and is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost cou ...
Aphomia euchelliellus
''Aphomia euchelliellus'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by Snellen, in 1900, and is known from Java in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and ...
Aphomia isodesma
''Aphomia isodesma'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886 and is known from Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of F ...
'' (Meyrick, 1886)
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Aphomia lolotialis
''Aphomia lolotialis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1927 and is known from China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is th ...
Aphomia ochracea
''Aphomia ochracea'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by George Hampson in 1917 and is known from Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), ...
Aphomia sociella
''Aphomia sociella'', also known as the bee moth and the bumble bee wax moth, is a small moth of the family Pyralidae (snout moths) and subfamily Galleriinae. Its body and forewings are typically reddish brown, tan, or dark green in color and ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – bee moth
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Aphomia spoliatrix
''Aphomia spoliatrix'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1881 and is known from south-eastern Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сиб� ...
'' Christoph, 1881
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Aphomia taiwanalis
''Aphomia taiwanalis'' is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jinshichi Shibuya in 1928. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East an ...
Aphomia unicolor
''Aphomia unicolor'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1879 and is known from Greece, Spain, Algeria and Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, ...
'' (Staudinger, 1880)
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Aphomia variegatella
''Aphomia variegatella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aphomia''. It was described by entomologist George Hampson in 1901 and is known from Malaysia and Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the wo ...
Aphomia zelleri
''Aphomia zelleri'' is a species of Pyralidae, snout moth in the genus ''Aphomia''. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932, and is known from Central Asia and most of Europe.
The wingspan is 19–27 mm.Heteromicta pachytera''.