Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Galleriinae (subfamily)/  Galleriini (tribe)/  Achroia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fabricius, 1794)
Citation:	T.[inea] grisella
Original genus:	Tinea
Publication:	Fabricius J. C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis synonymis, Locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Journal:	—
Volume:	3
Issue:	2
Pagination:	289
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55388472

Achroia cinereola (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)	Syntype	unknown	ZMUC	Syntypes, ZMUC.	France	[Europe, Paris], "Habitat Parisiis Dom. Bosc.".

Distribution note:

Spread from its native Europe to most parts of the world, except the coldest parts (M. D. Picker & Ch. Griffiths 2011: 214).

Picker M. D. & Griffiths Ch. 2011. Alien & invasive animals. A South African perspective.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)	Madagascar		Lopez-Vaamonde C., Sire L., Rasmussen B., Rougerie R., Wieser C., Allaoui A. A., Minet J., deWaard J. R., Decaëns T & Lees D. C. 2019. DNA barcodes reveal deeply neglected diversity and numerous invasions of micromoths in Madagascar. page 114
Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)	Réunion		Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae. page 28
Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)	South Africa		Corbett A. S. & Tams W. H. T. 1943a. Observations on species of Lepidoptera infesting stored products. page 29
Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)	Yemen		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 169

Plant note:

Nest of Polistes hebraeus (see C. Guillermet 2009a: 28).

Guillermet C. 2009a. Les Hétérocères, ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 3. Familles des Pyralidae et Crambidae.

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Achroia cinereola (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Achroia aluearia (Fabricius, 1798)	(Fabricius, 1798)	species	Synonym	Galleria aluearia
Achroia alvea (Haworth, 1811)	(Haworth, 1811)	species	Synonym	Galleria alvea
Achroia alvearia (Stephens, 1829)	(Stephens, 1829)	species	Misapplied	Galleria alvearia
Achroia alveariella (Guenée, 1845)	(Guenée, 1845)	species	Synonym	Meliphora alveariella
Achroia anticella (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Tinea anticella
Achroia cinerana (Fabricius, 1781)	(Fabricius, 1781)	species	Synonym	Pyralis cinerana
Achroia cinercola Hübner, 1819	Hübner, 1819	species	Misapplied	Achroia cinercola
Achroia cinereola (Hübner, 1803)	(Hübner, 1803)	species	Synonym	Bombyx cinereola
Achroia cinerola Ragonot, 1893	Ragonot, 1893	species	Misapplied	Achroia cinerola
Achroia ifranella Lucas, 1955	Lucas, 1955	species	Synonym	Achroia ifranella
Achroia major Dufrane, 1930	Dufrane, 1930	species	Misapplied	Achroia major
Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot, 1901	Ragonot, 1901	species	Synonym	Achroia obscurevittella