Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Details

Name scientific

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Preferred name

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy reference

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A.; Andrew, I. G.; Berry, J. A.; Johns, P. M.; Hoare, R. J. B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R. C.; Smithers, C. N.; Palma, R. L.; Ward, J. B.; Pilgrim, R. L. C.; Towns, D. R.; McLellan, I. D.; Teulon, D. A. J.; Hitchings, T. R.; Eastop, V. F.; Martin, N. A.; Fletcher, M. J.; Stufkens, M. A. W.; Dale, P. J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T. R.; Trewick, S. A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. 467-233.

Nomenclature

Authors

Linnaeus

Original authors

Linnaeus

Year published

1758

Nomenclatural code

ICZN

Basionym

Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Galleria mellonella

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Galleria

Species

mellonella

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

greater wax moth

Synonyms

Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus)

Dugdale, J.S. (1988)

Galleria Fabricius, 1798

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus)

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. (1999)

Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758

Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758

Dugdale, J.S. (1988)

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)

New Zealand

Wairarapa

Metadata

Record id

1c18a845-c153-4bdd-81da-e034f255aabc

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_NZAC

Date added

8 March 2011

Date last updated

23 June 2015

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