• Source: Achroia

Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.
It has only one unequivocally recognized species:

Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794) – lesser wax moth
Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity:

Achroia aluearia Fabricius 1798
Achroia alvea Haworth 1811
Achroia anticella Walker 1863
Achroia cinereola Hübner 1802
Achroia ifranella Lucas 1955
Achroia innotata (Walker, 1864)
Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot 1901
Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:

Achroea Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
Acroia (lapsus)
Meliphora Guenée, 1845
Vobrix Walker, 1864




Footnotes






References


Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Achroia. Version of November 5, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Achroia. Version of July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2011.

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