species 1,284 observations

Terrenella Bee Moth

Aphomia terrenella

Field notes

Aphomia terrenella, the terrenella bee moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America from Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New York south to Georgia.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. They are on wing from May to August.

The larvae possibly feed on the honeycomb and/or larvae of bees.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided