Galleria mellonella

Translingual

Galleria mellonella

Proper noun

Galleria mellonella f

A taxonomic species within the family Pyralidae – greater wax moth or honeycomb moth, whose caterpillar digests plastic.

Hypernyms

(species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Tineina – section; Tineina – subsection; Pyraloidea – superfamily; Pyralidae – family; Galleriinae - subfamily; Galleriini - tribe; Galleria - genus

References

Galleria mellonella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galleriini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Galleria mellonella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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