Achroia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Pyralidae
Subfamilia: Galleriinae
Tribus: Galleriini
Genus: Achroia
Species: A. grisella – A. ifranella – A. innotata
Name

Achroia Hübner, 1819

Type species: Achroia grisella Fabricius, 1798
References

Clarke, J.F.G., 1986: Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1–485.
EOL: Achroia

Achroia is a genus of small moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). It belongs to the tribe Galleriini of subfamily Galleriinae.

It has only one unequivocally recognized species:[1]

Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794) – lesser wax moth

Others are mentioned here with doubtful validity:[2]

Achroia aluearia Fabricius 1798
Achroia alvea Haworth 1811
Achroia anticella Walker 1863
Achroia cinereola Hübner 1802
Achroia ifranella Lucas 1955
Achroia innotata (Walker, 1864)
Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot 1901

Invalid junior synonyms of this genus are:[3]

Achroea Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
Acroia (lapsus)
Meliphora Guenée, 1845
Vobrix Walker, 1864

Footnotes

"Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
See references in Savela (2010)

Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2010)

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Achroia. Version of November 5, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Achroia. Version of July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2011.