anybody knows this species?

[Hugh McGuinness]

Hi Jonathan,

Your spread specimen is a male Aphomia sociella.

hugh

Hugh McGuinness
The Ross School
18 Goodfriend Dr.
East Hampton, NY 11963
631-907-5229 (no messages)
631-697-2099 (cell)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
On Behalf Of Jonathan Sylvestre
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:36 PM
To: dyanega at ucr.edu; LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: anybody knows this species?

Hi Doug,

Well... IM not sure... I was talking about Galleria mellonella but now
IM 
not sure not sure...  I joint the photo of my specimen... can you tell
me if 
its Galleria mellonella ?

or is it  Aphomia sociella like the specimen on the Stefan's photo ???
My 
species look very much like the one on the photo...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Yanega" <dyanega at ucr.edu>
To: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: anybody knows this species?


> >Yes I know this species !
>>
>>This is a Pyralidae and the caterpillar live in wasp nest (or bee nest

>>??)...  ! I don't remember its name but I'll take a look in my data 
>>because I have one specimens in my collection.
>
> You mean Galleria mellonella?
> -- 
>
> Doug Yanega        /Dept. of Entomology         /Entomology Research 
> Museum
> Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0314
> phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not
UCR's)
>              http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
>   "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
>         is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>   For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit:
>
>   http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl
> 


 
 ------------------------------------------------------------ 

   For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit:

   http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl