Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Galleria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- superfamilyPyraloidea
- familyPyralidae
- subfamilyGalleriinae
- genusGalleria Fabricius, 1798
- speciesGalleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Galleria austrina Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 | synonym |
| Galleria cerea Haworth, 1811 Haworth, 1811 | synonym |
| Phalaena cereana Blom, 1764 Blom, 1764 | synonym |
| Vindana obliquella Walker, 1866 Walker, 1866 | synonym |
| Tinea cerella (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775) | synonym |
| Galleria cerealis Hübner Hübner | synonym |
| Galleria crombruggheela Dufrane, 1930 Dufrane, 1930 | synonym |
| Tinea mellonella Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Galleria mellomella Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3F6ST. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.