Greater Wax Moth at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Galleria mellonella | 14 Apr 2018 | GlennCocking | ||
| Galleria mellonella | 6 Apr 2018 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Attacted to MV light at night.
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
6 Apr 2018
This moth is a major international pest of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) which was inadvertently introduced to Australia. Apparently not all specimens show the whitish spot on the thorax.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.113287-35.259572
- Altitude 610.2m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2018 10:30 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Galleria mellonella Scientific name
- Greater Wax Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
- Up to 637.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Galleria austrina
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