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Achroia

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Achroia
Adult lesser wax moth (A. grisella)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
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:[1]

Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity:[2]

Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:[3]

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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ See references in Savela (2010)
  3. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2010)

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