Subfamily Galleriinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Galleriinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Galleriinae Zeller, 1848

Explanation of Names

Galleriinae from the type genus Galleria (Fabricius), from the habit of the larvae forming galleries in honeycomb. (1)

Numbers

30 species in 12 genera in our area (2).

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 August, 2005 - 10:15pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 3 March, 2016 - 4:27pm

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