wax moth

wax moth (plural wax moths)

1. Pyralid moths whose larvae (waxworms) feed on the honeycombs of beehives
   1. Achroia spp., possibly only Achroia grisella
   2. A brown moth, Galleria mellonella, sole species in genus Galleria

• (certain pyralid moths): bee moth

• bumblebee wax moth (Aphomia sociella)
• greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella)
• lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella)

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• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “wax moth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• wax moth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia