Species Details

ABH: 62.006

BF: 1425

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Galleriinae

Taxon: Galleria mellonella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Wax Moth

Account: Common around beehives throughout England and Ireland. Larva constructs, and feeds within, galleries in honeycombs.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 30 — 41 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2009) — 17 Oct (2014)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/galleria-mellonella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 121

Individuals: 14

Earliest Year: 1989

Latest Year: 2025

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