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Aphomia sp.

Aphomia sp.


Family: Noctuidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


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

Species: 
  • Aphomia argentia Whalley, 1964
  • Aphomia baryptera (Lower, 1901)
  • Aphomia burellus (Holland, 1900)
  • Aphomia caffralis Hampson, 1917
  • Aphomia curvicostella (Zerny, 1914)
  • Aphomia curvicostellus (Zerny, 1914)
  • Aphomia distictella Hampson, 1917
  • Aphomia erumpens (Lucas, 1898)
  • Aphomia euchelliellus (Snellen, 1900)
  • Aphomia foedella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Aphomia fulminalis (Zeller, 1872)
  • Aphomia fuscolimbella (Ragonot, 1887)
  • Aphomia grisea Turati, 1913
  • Aphomia homochroa (Turner, 1905)
  • Aphomia isodesma (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Aphomia lolotialis (Caradja, 1927)
  • Aphomia melli (Caradja & Meyrick, 1933)
  • Aphomia monochroa (Hampson, 1912)
  • Aphomia murciella (Zerny, 1914)
  • Aphomia ochracea Hampson, 1917
  • Aphomia odontella (Hampson, 1898)
  • Aphomia opticogramma (Meyrick, 1935)
  • Aphomia pimelodes Meyrick, 1936
  • Aphomia poliocyma Turner, 1937
  • Aphomia pygmealis (Caradja & Meyrick, 1935)
  • Aphomia sabella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)
  • Aphomia sopozhnikovi (Krulikovsky, 1909
  • Aphomia sociella (Linnaeus, 1758) – bee moth
  • Aphomia spoliatrix Christoph, 1881
  • Aphomia taiwanalis (Shibuya, 1928)
  • Aphomia terrenella Zeller, 1848
  • Aphomia unicolor (Staudinger, 1880)
  • Aphomia variegatella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)
  • Aphomia vinotincta (Hampson, 1908)
  • Aphomia zelleri de Joannis, 1932

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.

Source: Wikipedia, article Aphomia sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 397894
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Capitan Solari
Chaco
Argentina
01/08/2019
Eduardo Beltrocco



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
115282808/01/2019ArgentinaChacoEstablecimiento Los Quebrachos, Capitan Solari1Eduardo Beltrocco
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Aphomia sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 18/09/2026.