Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wax Moth)

Interactions where Galleria mellonella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva kleptoparasitises wax UK/Ireland Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee, Drone-bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
Bee Pests and Diseases, FERA
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pyralidae/Galleria mellonella/Galleria mellonellawax mothlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive bee, drone-beewax

Author & YearTitleSource
WikipediaDiseases of the honey beeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee
FERABee Pests and Diseasessecure.csl.gov.uk/beebase/public/BeeDiseases/indexDiseases.cfm

Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalleria mellonella (Wax Moth)
FamilyPYRALIDAE (pyralid moths)
SuperfamilyPYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Waring, P. 2005 Wax moth Vol 16, No 4 Page: 282

Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth):

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