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    Species Accepted

    Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 7 countries or islands

      7 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      EstoniaYes
      IrelandNo
      SwedenNo
      United States of AmericaNo
      United States of AmericaNo
      Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofNo
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Bimøl Danish
      Fausse teigne de la cire French
      Fausse teigne de la cire (La) French
      Grote wasmot Dutch
      Große Wachsmotte German
      Gwyfyn Cŵyr Welsh
      Gwyfynod Cŵyr Welsh
      Honningmøl Danish
      Nagy viaszmoly Hungarian
      Polilla de la cera Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
      Source Dataset
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Bermuda Biodiversity Database
      Walker, & Francis Augustus. (1866). List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 35. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38720428
      Haworth, A. H. (1803). Lepidoptera Britannica: sistens digestionem novam insectorum lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannia reperiuntur, larvarum pabulo, remporeque pascendi, expansione alarum, mensibusque volandi, synonymis atque locis observationibusque variis: etc. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k971076/f1.item
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Felder, C., Felder, R., & Rogenhofer, A. F. (1865). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1221097
      Fabricius, J. C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551419
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033847
      Dufrane, A. (1930). Notes lépidoptérologiques.
      Blom. (1764). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 25.
      Walker, F. (1866). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXV.– Supplement Part 5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38720428

      Citation

      Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) in undefined