Galleria mellonella

Galleria mellonella, the greater wax moth or honeycomb moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. G. mellonella is found throughout the world. It is one of two species of wax moths, with the other being the lesser wax moth. G. mellonella eggs are laid in the spring, and they have four life stages. Males are able to generate ultrasonic sound pulses, which, along with pheromones, are used in mating. The larvae of G. mellonella are also often used as a model organism in research.

The greater wax moth is well known for its parasitization of honeybees and their hives. Because of the economic loss caused by this species, several control methods including heat treatment and chemical fumigants such as carbon dioxide have been used.

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Text credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_mellonella

Genome update. Previously, the i5k Workspace@NAL hosted Galleria mellonella genome assembly ASM364042v2 (GCF_003640425.2), NCBI Galleria mellonella Annotation Release 101, and Functional annotation of NCBI Galleria mellonella Annotation Release 101. The assembly and annotations have been updated to the most recent assembly, Galleria mellonella genome assembly CSIRO_AGI_GalMel_v1 (GCF_026898425.1) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCF_026898425.1), NCBI Galleria mellonella Annotation Release GCF_026898425.1-RS_2022_12 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/annotation_euk/Galleria_mellonella/GCF_026898425.1-RS_2022_12/), and Functional annotation of NCBI Galleria mellonella Annotation Release GCF_026898425.1-RS_2022_12 (https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/data/Arthropoda/galmel-%28Galleria_mellonella%29/CSIRO_AGI_GalMel_v1/2.Official%20or%20Primary%20Gene%20Set/).