Aphomia

Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila (bees and bumblebees), where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.

==Species== Aphomia argentia Whalley, 1964 Aphomia baryptera (Lower, 1901) Aphomia burellus (Holland, 1900) Aphomia caffralis Hampson, 1917 Aphomia curvicostella (Zerny, 1914) Aphomia curvicostellus (Zerny, 1914) Aphomia distictella Hampson, 1917 Aphomia erumpens (Lucas, 1898) Aphomia euchelliellus (Snellen, 1900) Aphomia foedella (Zeller, 1839) Aphomia fulminalis (Zeller, 1872) Aphomia fuscolimbella (Ragonot, 1887) Aphomia grisea Turati, 1913 Aphomia homochroa (Turner, 1905) Aphomia isodesma (Meyrick, 1886) Aphomia lolotialis (Caradja, 1927) Aphomia melli (Caradja & Meyrick, 1933) Aphomia monochroa (Hampson, 1912) Aphomia murciella (Zerny, 1914) Aphomia ochracea Hampson, 1917 Aphomia odontella (Hampson, 1898) Aphomia opticogramma (Meyrick, 1935) Aphomia pimelodes Meyrick, 1936 Aphomia poliocyma Turner, 1937 Aphomia pygmealis (Caradja & Meyrick, 1935) Aphomia sabella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901) Aphomia sopozhnikovi (Krulikovsky, 1909 Aphomia sociella (Linnaeus, 1758) – bee moth Aphomia spoliatrix Christoph, 1881 Aphomia taiwanalis (Shibuya, 1928) Aphomia terrenella Zeller, 1848 Aphomia unicolor (Staudinger, 1880) Aphomia variegatella (Hampson in Ragonot, 1901) Aphomia vinotincta (Hampson, 1908) Aphomia zelleri de Joannis, 1932