Aphomia terrenella
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Aphomia |
Species: | A. terrenella
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Aphomia terrenella, the terrenella bee moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America from Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New York south to Georgia.[3]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. They are on wing from May to August.
The larvae possibly feed on the honeycomb and/or larvae of bees.
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- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "Aphomia Hübner and Paralipsa Butler Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Galleriinae) Known to Occur in the United States and Canada". Bioone.org. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-18.