wax moth

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A moth (Galleria mellonella) that lays its eggs in beehives, where the larvae feed on the wax and debris of the honeycombs.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A bee-moth; any member of the family Galeriidæ. See Galeria, and cut under bee-moth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A brown pyralid moth, Galleria mellonella, the larvae of which (waxworms) feed on the honeycombs of beehives

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs