Galleria mellonella

Summary

Galleria mellonella is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Galleria mellonella's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Galleria mellonella is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Galleria mellonella is classified within Galleria^[5].
• Galleria mellonella's scientific name is Galleria mellonella^[6].
• Galleria mellonella's Commons category is recorded as Galleria mellonella^[7].
• Galleria mellonella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galleria mellonella^[8].
• Galleria mellonella's Commons gallery is recorded as Galleria mellonella^[9].
• Galleria mellonella's main food source is recorded as beeswax^[10].
• Galleria mellonella's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Galleria mellonella's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Galleria mellonella's described by source is recorded as Responses of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to Continuous High-Frequency Sound^[13].
• Galleria mellonella's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• Galleria mellonella's taxon synonym is recorded as Tinea mellonella^[15].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as gwyfyn cŵyr^[16].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as grote wasmot^[17].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as Grote wasmot^[18].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as wax moth^[19].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as isovahakoisa^[20].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as stor bivoksmott^[21].
• Galleria mellonella is commonly known as 꿀벌부채명나방^[22].
• Galleria mellonella's minimum frequency of audible sound is recorded as {'amount': '+7000'}^[23].
• Galleria mellonella's maximum frequency of audible sound is recorded as {'amount': '+300000'}^[24].
• Galleria mellonella's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[25].
• Galleria mellonella's taxon author citation is recorded as (Linnaeus, 1758)^[26].
• Galleria mellonella's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758^[27].

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Classification

Galleria mellonella's scientific name is Galleria mellonella^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Galleria^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include gwyfyn cŵyr^[16], grote wasmot^[17], wax moth^[19], isovahakoisa^[20], stor bivoksmott^[21], and 꿀벌부채명나방^[22].

Identifiers

Galleria mellonella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122940^[28]. Galleria mellonella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7137^[29]. Galleria mellonella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 568711^[30]. Galleria mellonella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1876542^[31].

Why It Matters

Galleria mellonella ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]