Ilithyia_(moth)

<i>Aphomia</i>

Aphomia

Genus of moths


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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Species

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.


Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela

References

  • Savela, Markku. "Aphomia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.



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