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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Noctuidae Sub Family   Description   owlet moths Background to Family   The largest macro-moth family in Britain, containing around 500 taxa in 20 sub-families. In rare cases, the caterpillars of certain species are omnivorous, feeding on other invertebrates.     No. taxa in DBIF   497 No. interactions   4919 % interactions with British data   93% No. records   7186 % taxa with British data   94% 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   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:39 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:301 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :71 Source   Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (eds) (1979) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 9 1-288:166 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:72 Source   Tillotson, I.J.L.(1985) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 97 87-91:87