Some sources quote Galleria mellonela as the wax moth. Comparing photos with the moths on the comb, Achroia grisella is a closer physical match."Wax moth is a consistent and vexing problem in stored comb; the rate of moth development in a stack of stored supers rivals the imagination! "
Quote from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beekeeping/Wax_Moth, pic from http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/7137
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