BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants


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Family	Noctuidae
Sub Family	Amphipyrinae
Description	a sub-family of the Noctuidae
Background to Family	A group of more than 100 species, including many large genera that specialise on monocot plants, especially grasses (Poaceae) but also Cyperaceae and Iridaceae, e.g. Apamea, Mesapamea, Oligia, Photedes and Archanara. Other genera occur on dicot wetland plants. Members of the subfamily mainly feed in stems, rootstocks and roots.

No. taxa in DBIF	_
No. interactions	_
% interactions with British data	_
No. records	_
% 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	Hancock, E.G. & Wallace, I.D.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 7-8:8
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:167
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:248
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:219
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:263
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 346
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 370
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 367
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:236
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:272
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:216
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 362
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 356
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:262
Source	Jefferson, R.G.(1982) Naturalist, Hull 107 141-150:147
Source	Wilson, F.(1943) Bull. Coun. scient. ind. Res., Melb. 169 1-87:12
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 360
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 345
Source	Wilson, F.(1943) Bull. Coun. scient. ind. Res., Melb. 169 1-87:52
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:278
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 363
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:174
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 372
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :99
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:188
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:251
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:257
Source	Shaw, M.R.(1981) Entomologist's Gaz. 32 165-167:166
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:180
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:181
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:179
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:192
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:224
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:270
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:247
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 341
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:185
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:177
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:221
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 344
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:255
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:198
Source	Higgs, G.E.(1980) Proc. and Trans. Br. entomol. and natur. Hist. Soc. 13 24-24:24
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:234
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:199
Source	Warrington, S. & Whittaker, J.B.(1985) J. appl. Ecol. 22:3 775-785:785
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:214
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 364
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 371
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:37
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 339
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:232
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :103
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:212
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:161
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :97
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:71
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:208
Source	Owen, D.F. & Whiteway, W.R.(1980) Biol. Conserv. 17 149-155:153
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:59
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:264
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:228
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:173
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:288
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 359
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 343
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :98
Source	Skuhravy, V. Et Al(1981) Studie CSAV 1 1-115:12
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:284
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:196
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:290
Source	Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (eds) (1979) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 9 1-288:148
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 348
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :101
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:172
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 361
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:268
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 366
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:217
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:153
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 342
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:245
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:279
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:202
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 357
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:203
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 350
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:169
Source	Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:19
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:241
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 347
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 352
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:258
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:277
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 340
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 358
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:222
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:189
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 368
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:259
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:168
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:206
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :91
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:184
Source	Owen, D.F.(1983) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 95 20-20:20
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:72
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:209
Source	Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :110
Source	Fibiger, M. Et Al(1984) Nota Lepidopterol. 7:2 121-131:128
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:73
Source	Shaw, M.R.(1981) Entomologist's Gaz. 32 165-167:165
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:229
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:166
Source	West, B.K.(1984) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 96 27-28:27
Source	Hancock, E.G. & Wallace, I.D.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 7-8:7
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:190
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:191
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:282
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:254
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :95
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:178
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:69
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :104
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 351
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:211
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:65
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:253
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 369
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:249
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:67
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:170
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:218
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 354
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 365
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:286
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:242
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:243
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:231
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:165
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :100
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:159
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:275
Source	Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :109
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:267
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :102
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:205
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 355
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:274
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:197
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:225
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:266
Source	Owen, D.F.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 0098 0179-0180:0180
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:158
Source	Lawton, J.H.(1976) Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 73 187-216:214
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:66
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:111
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:74
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:183
Source	Mook, J.H. & van der Toorn, J.(1985) Oikos 44 142-148:142
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:163
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 353
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 349
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:68
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:201
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:237
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:175
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:194
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:162
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:186
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:280
Source	Richens, R.H. (1983) Elm :70
Source	Skuhravy, V. Et Al(1981) Studie CSAV 1 1-115:16
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:75
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :96
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:70
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:220
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:155

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