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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Galleriinae » Tirathabini » Aphomia » Terrenella Bee Moth - Hodges#5630 (Aphomia terrenella)

Species Aphomia terrenella - Terrenella Bee Moth - Hodges#5630

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Terrenella Bee Moth (top) - Aphomia terrenella

5630 Terrenella Bee Moth - Aphomia terrenella

Pyralidae: Aphomia terrenella - Aphomia terrenella

Lépidoptère - Aphomia terrenella - female

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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

Tribe Tirathabini

Genus Aphomia

Species terrenella (Terrenella Bee Moth - Hodges#5630)

Hodges Number

5630

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aphomia terrenella Zeller, 1848

Synonym

Paralipsa decorella (Hulst 1892) Hodges #5633

Size

The wingspan is about 25 mm.(1)

Identification

Forewing medium brownish-gray with indistinct blackish streak running from wing base to middle of disc; PM line deeply zigzagged with several sharp points (giving a "pointed feathers" appearance); veins in subterminal area dark, prominent.

Genitalia:

Range

Eastern North America.

Habitat

Unknown but perhaps similar to A. sociella, whose larvae develop in nests of bees

Season

The main flight period is May to August. (1)

Food

unknown - perhaps the same as A. sociella, whose larvae feed on the honeycomb and sometimes larvae of bees

See Also

Aphomia sociella (Bee moth) has one or two black discal spots and usually a greenish cast or shading on forewing (and whitish basal area in males); lacks blackish streak from base to middle of disc.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

adult images by Larry Line and John Glaser (Moths of Maryland)

iNaturalist

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 March, 2006 - 12:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Ken Childs, JoAnneRusso, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 3:41pm

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