Achroia

Achroia
Lesser Wax Moth (A. grisella), adult specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Galleriinae
Tribe: Galleriini
Genus: Achroia
Hübner, 1819
Type species
Bombyx cinereola
Hübner, [1803]
Synonyms

Several, see text

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; two others are placed here but their validity is doubtful:[1]

Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:[2]

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela (2010)
  2. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2010)

References

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