A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters

The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is well known as a pest of honey bees and for the biodegradation of wax and polyethylene by their larvae. The genus Galleria has long been considered monotypic and found worldwide. A taxonomic study of the genus Galleria is presented based on morph...

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Autores principales: Roh, Seung Jin, Park, Haechul, Kim, Seong-Hyun, Kim, So-Yun, Choi, Yong-Su, Song, Jeong-Hun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.970.54960
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author Roh, Seung Jin
Park, Haechul
Kim, Seong-Hyun
Kim, So-Yun
Choi, Yong-Su
Song, Jeong-Hun
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Kim, So-Yun
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description The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is well known as a pest of honey bees and for the biodegradation of wax and polyethylene by their larvae. The genus Galleria has long been considered monotypic and found worldwide. A taxonomic study of the genus Galleria is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (COI, CAD, wg). A new species (Galleria similis Roh & Song, sp. nov.) is recognized on the Korean peninsula. The new species is superficially similar to G. mellonella but they can be separated by the structures of hindwing venation and male genitalia. Habitus photographs and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided.
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spelling pubmed-75221062020-10-05 A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters Roh, Seung Jin Park, Haechul Kim, Seong-Hyun Kim, So-Yun Choi, Yong-Su Song, Jeong-Hun Zookeys Research Article The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is well known as a pest of honey bees and for the biodegradation of wax and polyethylene by their larvae. The genus Galleria has long been considered monotypic and found worldwide. A taxonomic study of the genus Galleria is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (COI, CAD, wg). A new species (Galleria similis Roh & Song, sp. nov.) is recognized on the Korean peninsula. The new species is superficially similar to G. mellonella but they can be separated by the structures of hindwing venation and male genitalia. Habitus photographs and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided. Pensoft Publishers 2020-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7522106/ /pubmed/33024409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.970.54960 Text en Seung Jin Roh, Haechul Park, Seong-Hyun Kim, So-Yun Kim, Yong-Su Choi, Jeong-Hun Song http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Roh, Seung Jin
Park, Haechul
Kim, Seong-Hyun
Kim, So-Yun
Choi, Yong-Su
Song, Jeong-Hun
A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title_full A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title_fullStr A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title_short A new species of Galleria Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters
title_sort new species of galleria fabricius (lepidoptera, pyralidae) from korea based on molecular and morphological characters
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.970.54960
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