Achroia
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Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.
Achroia | |
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Adult lesser wax moth (A. grisella) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Tribe: | Galleriini |
Genus: | Achroia Hübner, 1819 |
Type species | |
Bombyx cinereola Hübner, [1803] | |
Synonyms | |
Several, see text |
It has only one unequivocally recognized species:[1]
- Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794) – lesser wax moth
Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity:[2]
- Achroia aluearia Fabricius 1798
- Achroia alvea Haworth 1811
- Achroia anticella Walker 1863
- Achroia cinereola Hübner 1802
- Achroia ifranella Lucas 1955
- Achroia innotata (Walker, 1864)
- Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot 1901
Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:[3]
- Achroea Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
- Acroia (lapsus)
- Meliphora Guenée, 1845
- Vobrix Walker, 1864
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