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Aphomia
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Aphomia

Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila (bees and bumblebees), where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.

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27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bee Moth

speciesAphomia sociella

Terrenella Bee Moth

speciesAphomia terrenella

Aphomia fulminalis

speciesAphomia fulminalis

Rice Moth

speciesAphomia cephalonica

Aphomia baryptera

speciesAphomia baryptera

Aphomia sabella

speciesAphomia sabella

stored nut moth

speciesAphomia gularis

Aphomia sapozhnikovi

speciesAphomia sapozhnikovi

Aphomia murciella

speciesAphomia murciella

Aphomia unicolor

speciesAphomia unicolor

Aphomia foedella

speciesAphomia foedella

Aphomia argentia

speciesAphomia argentia

Aphomia caffralis

speciesAphomia caffralis

Aphomia distictella

speciesAphomia distictella

Aphomia murina

speciesAphomia murina

Aphomia pimelodes

speciesAphomia pimelodes

Aphomia colonella

speciesAphomia colonella

Aphomia isodesma

speciesAphomia isodesma

Aphomia nidicolella

speciesAphomia nidicolella

Aphomia murinus

speciesAphomia murinus

Aphomia spoliatrix

speciesAphomia spoliatrix

Aphomia curvicostella

speciesAphomia curvicostella

Paralipsa exacta

speciesParalipsa exacta

Aphomia odontella

speciesAphomia odontella

Aphomia homochroa

speciesAphomia homochroa

Aphomia erumpens

speciesAphomia erumpens

Aphomia fuscolimbellus

speciesAphomia fuscolimbellus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Aphomia in The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.542

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129573.