Achroia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Achroia
Species
Scientific Name
Achroia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Achroia

Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.

It has only one unequivocally recognized species:

  • Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794) – lesser wax moth

Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity:

  • Achroia aluearia Fabricius 1798
  • Achroia alvea Haworth 1811
  • Achroia anticella Walker 1863
  • Achroia cinereola Hübner 1802
  • Achroia ifranella Lucas 1955
  • Achroia innotata (Walker, 1864)
  • Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot 1901

Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:

  • Achroea Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
  • Acroia (lapsus)
  • Meliphora Guenée, 1845
  • Vobrix Walker, 1864
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