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Family	Geometridae
Sub Family	Alsophilinae
Description	a sub-family of the Geometridae
Background to Family	The sole British member, the march moth, Alsophila aescularia, is polyphagous on the foliage of broadleaved trees and shrubs, and occurs most commonly in open woodland. Adults are present in early spring, and the female is flightless.

No. taxa in DBIF	_
No. interactions	_
% interactions with British data	_
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% taxa with British data	_
Notes	Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Waring, Townsend & Lewington, 2003. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, UK.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	see family entry

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 26
Source	Anon(1982) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 11 1-5:4
Source	West, B.K.(1984) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 96 63-63:63
Source	Warrington, S. & Whittaker, J.B.(1985) J. appl. Ecol. 22:3 775-785:785
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :17
Source	Warrington, S.(1985) Oecologia 67 460-463:460
Source	Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :102
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 56
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:85

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