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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Ian Kimber Family   Noctuidae Sub Family   Ophiderinae Description   a sub-family of the Noctuidae Background to Family   A small group of disparate moths. Tyta luctuosa specialises on field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis); the blacknecks (Lygephila) on leguminous herbs; Scoliopteryx libatrix mainly on willows (Salix) and poplars (Populus); and Phytometra viridaria on milkworts (Polygala).     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   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 393 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:80 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:371 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:374 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:370 Source   Larsson, S. & Wiren, A.(1982) Ned. BoschbTijdschr. 48 119-125:121 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:368 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 395 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:81 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:377 Source   Rosenthal, S.S.(1978) Entomophaga 24 367-370:367 Source   Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:19 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :109 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:375 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:373 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :110 Source   Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:367 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 394