Galleria (moth)

Galleria
Galleria mellonella adult
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Galleriinae
Genus:
Fabricius, 1798[1]
Synonyms

Galleria is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Galleriinae of the family Pyralidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.

For a long time, Galleria remained a monotypic taxon, comprising only one species, until in 2020 a second species was described from South Korea.[2]

Species

Galleria currently comprises two species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2025). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  2. ^ a b Roh, Seung Jin; Park, Haechul; Kim, Seong-Hyun; Kim, So-Yun; Choi, Yong-Su; Song, Jeong-Hun (2020-09-21). "A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters". ZooKeys (970): 51–61. Bibcode:2020ZooK..970...51R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.970.54960. PMC 7522106. PMID 33024409.