BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Aphomia sociella	Imago	16 June 2002	Berks	England	7
Aphomia sociella	Larva	12 November 1977	East Sussex	England	13

Suggested Literature

Aphomia sociella may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Aphomia sociella is associated with:

	larva	Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	silken tube inhabiting, young, colonial larva feeds on dung/debris nest		Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 [eats scraps and rubbish]
	larva	Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	silken tube inhabiting, older, colonial larva kleptoparasitises food stores		Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
	larva	Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	silken tube inhabiting, older, colonial larva is predator of larvae		Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
	larva	Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	silken tube inhabiting, older, colonial larva is predator of cells		Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987

Associated with Aphomia sociella:

Aphomia sociella may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References