African Moths Gambia


     

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wax Moth, Bee Moth.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena mellonella, Phalaena cereana, Tinea mellonella, Tinea cerea, Tinea cerella, Galleria austrina, Galleria cerealis, Tortrix cereana, Vindana obliquella,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
mellonella,

 

DISTRIBUTION
La Reunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Wax inside bees nests.

Galleria mellonella
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Underside (SL)
Galleria mellonella   Galleria mellonella   Galleria mellonella
 
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Live (SL)
 
Live (ZA)
Galleria mellonella   Galleria mellonella   Galleria mellonella
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Photo: J. Heyns
 
Distribution Map
 
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