Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Pyraloidea
Pyralidae
Galleriinae
- Galleria Fabricius, 1798
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Galleria Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 462, TS: Phalaena mellonella Linnaeus
Adeona Rafinesque, 1815; 129 (nom. nud.)
Cerioclepta Sodoffsky, 1837; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 93, TS: Phalaena cereana Blom
Vindana Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1706, TS: Vindana obliquella Walker
Galleria (Gallerianae) ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53
Galleria (Galleriinae) ; [AUCL]
Galleria (Galleriini) ; [NACL, 79]; [GlobIZ]
Isovahakoisa
Honeycomb Moth
Phalaena (Tinea) mellonella Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 537
Phalaena cereana Blom, 1764
= ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
Tinea cerella Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 655 (emend.)
= ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
Galleria cerea Haworth, 1811; Lepid. Britannica (3): 392 (emend.)
= ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
Galleria cerealis Hübner, 1825; (emend.)
Vindana obliquella Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1706
= ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
Galleria austrina Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (5): pl. 137, f. 7
= ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
crombrugheela Dufrane, 1930
Galleria mellonella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Galleria mellonella, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Galleria mellonella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Galleria mellonella, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Galleria mellonella, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Galleria mellonella, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
crombrugheella[sic] ; [NACL, #5622]
mellomella ; Linnaeus, 1761, (missp.)
Galleria mellonella ; Hampson, 1917, Novit. Zool. 24 : 53; [NACL, #5622]; [AUCL]
Larva on
(in beehives)
3.7.2010 (1)
- References:
- [AUCL]
- Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [GlobIZ]
- Global information system on pyraloidea; GlobIZ; Globales Informtationssystem Zünslerfalter; Note This information is not automatically synchronized with GlobIZ and can sometimes be lagging behind.
- [Ian Kimber]
- http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
- [Lynn Scott]
- Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
- [MBE]
- Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
- [MPG]
- North American Moth Photographers Group
- [NACL]
- Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
- [SVF]
- Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
- Some related literature:
- Fabricius, 1775
- Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus.
Syst. Ent.: 832pp
- Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Hampson, 1917
- Classification of Pyralidae, subfamily Gallerianae
Novit. Zool. 24
: 17-58
- Haworth, 1811
- Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter ... adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes
Lepid. Britannica
(1): 1-136 (1803),
(2): 137-376 ([1809]),
(3): 377-512 ([1811]),
(4): 513-609 (1828)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition
Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1
: 1-338,
: 339-824
- Sodoffsky, 1837
- Entomologische untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge
Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6)
: 76-97
- Walker, 1866
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
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