wax moth in English

noun
1
a brownish moth that lays its eggs in beehives. The caterpillars cover the combs with silken tunnels and feed on beeswax.
In the greater wax moth , Galleria mellonella, distinctions between mates and predators are potentially difficult to make.

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1. The Remarkable Hearing of the Greater Wax Moth