Aphomia

Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila (bees and bumblebees), where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.

Aphomia
Bee moth (A. sociella) specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Galleriinae
Tribe:	Tirathabini
Genus:	Aphomia Hübner, 1825
Synonyms[1]
Aphomoea J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847 Arenipses Hampson in Ragonot, 1901 Arenipses Rebel, 1901 Ilithyia Berthold in Latreille, 1827 Ilythia Stephens, 1829 Melia Curtis, 1828 Melissoblaptes Zeller, 1839

Species

• Aphomia argentia Whalley, 1964
• Aphomia baryptera (Lower, 1901)
• Aphomia burellus (Holland, 1900)
• Aphomia caffralis Hampson, 1917
• Aphomia curvicostella (Zerny, 1914)
• Aphomia curvicostellus (Zerny, 1914)
• Aphomia distictella Hampson, 1917
• Aphomia erumpens (Lucas, 1898)
• Aphomia euchelliellus (Snellen, 1900)
• Aphomia foedella (Zeller, 1839)
• Aphomia fulminalis (Zeller, 1872)
• Aphomia fuscolimbella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Aphomia grisea Turati, 1913
• Aphomia homochroa (Turner, 1905)
• Aphomia isodesma (Meyrick, 1886)
• Aphomia lolotialis (Caradja, 1927)
• Aphomia melli (Caradja & Meyrick, 1933)
• Aphomia monochroa (Hampson, 1912)
• Aphomia murciella (Zerny, 1914)
• Aphomia ochracea Hampson, 1917
• Aphomia odontella (Hampson, 1898)
• Aphomia opticogramma (Meyrick, 1935)
• Aphomia pimelodes Meyrick, 1936
• Aphomia poliocyma Turner, 1937
• Aphomia pygmealis (Caradja & Meyrick, 1935)
• Aphomia sabella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)
• Aphomia sopozhnikovi (Krulikovsky, 1909
• Aphomia sociella (Linnaeus, 1758) – bee moth
• Aphomia spoliatrix Christoph, 1881
• Aphomia taiwanalis (Shibuya, 1928)
• Aphomia terrenella Zeller, 1848
• Aphomia unicolor (Staudinger, 1880)
• Aphomia variegatella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901)
• Aphomia vinotincta (Hampson, 1908)
• Aphomia zelleri de Joannis, 1932

The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.