| Aphomia | |
|---|---|
| Bee moth (A. sociella) specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Galleriinae |
| Tribe: | Tirathabini |
| Genus: | Aphomia Hübner, 1825 |
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Aphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of bees, where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.
The former A. pachytera is now Heteromicta pachytera.