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PYRALIDAE | Galleriinae | Galleriini
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62.005 Achroia grisella (Lesser Wax Moth)
ws16-24mm; Jul-Oct; wax in beehives; once common in England and Wales now declining
Achroia grisella (Lesser Wax Moth) §1 female
ID: Forewing with smoothly curved costa and rounded apex, unmarked, ochreous-fuscous; head yellowish.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 9.8mm; to light
§2 Stour Wood, Essex; 14/07/2021; female; fw 9.6mm; to light
§3 Stour Wood, Essex; 11/08/2021; female
§4 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 26/06/2025; male; fw 6.9mm
§5 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 26/06/2025; male; fw 6.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Stour Wood, Essex; 14/07/2021; female; fw 9.6mm; to light
§3 Stour Wood, Essex; 11/08/2021; female
§4 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 26/06/2025; male; fw 6.9mm
§5 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 26/06/2025; male; fw 6.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 31/07/2015 (§1) | §2 added 12/08/2021 | §3 added 10/12/2021 | §4&5 added 05/10/2025
