Aphomia Erumpens
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''Aphomia erumpens'' is a species of
snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...
in the genus ''
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 Pollen is a powdery substance prod ...
''. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1898 and is known from
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
, Australia."''Aphomia'' Hübner, [1825]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 10, 2017.


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Moths described in 1898 Tirathabini Moths of Australia {{Galleriinae-stub