BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants


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Family	Saturniidae
Sub Family
Description	silk moths
Background to Family	The emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, is the sole resident species. Eggs are laid in batches on food plants, and the caterpillars are gregarious at first. The caterpillars develop on a wide range of broadleaved shrubs and trees during the summer months, with host choice depending on the type of habitat. The adults do not feed.

No. taxa in DBIF	1
No. interactions	35
% interactions with British data	97%
No. records	65
% taxa with British data	100%
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 1-126:31
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	Larsson, S. & Wiren, A.(1982) Ned. BoschbTijdschr. 48 119-125:121
Source	Read, R.W.J.(1983) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 95 117-117:117
Source	Briggs, J.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 37-37:37
Source	Hulme, P.D(1981) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 93 153-153:153
Source	Porter, K.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 175-175:175
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 39

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