Definition of Genus galleria

1. Noun. A genus of Pyralidae.

Exact synonyms: Galleria
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Pyralidae, Family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae
Member holonyms: Bee Moth, Galleria Mellonella, Wax Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Galleria

genus Funka
genus Furnarius
genus Fusanus
genus Fusarium
genus Fuscoboletinus
genus Gadus
genus Gaillardia
genus Galago
genus Galax
genus Galega
genus Galeocerdo
genus Galeopsis
genus Galeorhinus
genus Galictis
genus Galium
genus Galleria
genus Gallinago
genus Gallinula
genus Gallirallus
genus Gallus
genus Gambelia
genus Gambusia
genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne

Literary usage of Genus galleria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"... with the fringe greenish- white towards the interior angle. Length of the body, six lines ; of the wings, sixteen lines " ( Walker). genus galleria. ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"Fabricius was the first who created special genera for these insects ; he established the genus Galleria, ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... is a dark chocolate-brown spot on the base and tip. The caterpillar is found in old flour-barrels. The genus galleria contains the Bee-Moth, G. cercana, ..."

4. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1863)
"... founded on European species, »nd will probably soon be much altered by the formation of new families of exotic genera. Genus. GALLERIA. Galleria, Latr. ..."

5. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"... feeding upon the grain, and fastening it together with silken threads. The species included in the genus Galleria Fabr. inhabit the nests ..."

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