PYRALIDAE | Galleriinae | Galleriini

62.005 Achroia grisella (Lesser Wax Moth)

ws16-24mm; Jul-Oct; wax in beehives; once common in England and Wales now declining
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Achroia grisella (Lesser Wax Moth) §1 female
ID: Forewing with smoothly curved costa and rounded apex, unmarked, ochreous-fuscous; head yellowish.
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§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
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 31/07/2015 (§1) | §2 added 12/08/2021