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		© Roger Key
Family	Lasiocampidae
Sub Family
Description	eggar moths
Background to Family	Heavily built, medium to large moths that occur on a very wide range of dicot herbs, shrubs and trees, as well as grasses. The hairy caterpillars of the individual species are typically polyphagous, and host choice often varies according to location or the type of habitat. The caterpillars of the small eggar, Eriogaster lanestris, form a silken web and feed gregariously.
		© Roger Key
No. taxa in DBIF	15
No. interactions	233
% interactions with British data	95%
No. records	384
% taxa with British data	93%	© Ian Kimber
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	2003

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	Gynn, E.G. & Richards, A.J.(1985) J. Ecol., Biological Flora of the British Isles 73:3 1055-1063:1062
Source	Lear, N.W.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 138-138:138
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :14
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:31
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:30
Source	Alford, D.V.(1981) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 40 1-10:3
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 35
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 22
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :15
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 38
Source	Carlberg, U.(1980) Notul. ent. 60 65-72:68
Source	Smelyanets V.P., Lopatina N.V. & Lomakin V.I. [initials?](1981) Z. Angew. ent. 92 217-244:22
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :13
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 36
Source	Alford, D.V. & Moreton, B.D.(1978) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. MGD:51 1-9:3
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 21
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 20
Source	Viart, M. (ed.) (1979) Poplars and Willows in Wood Production and Land Use. FAO Forestry Series 10 1-328:231
Source	de Freina, J.J. & Witt, T.(1983) Atalanta (Wurtzburg) 14:1 31-49:37
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 37
Source	Watson, R.W.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 193-193:193
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:29
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :1

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