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Family	Sesiidae
Sub Family
Description	clearwing moths
Background to Family	The brightly coloured adults mimic wasps, but they are rarely seen. The family exploits a wide range of broadleaved hosts, especially willows and poplars (Salicaceae). Individual species are often specific to a single host plant, or to several congeners. Larvae bore the stems and trunks of shrubs and trees, beneath the bark of fresh stumps, or the roots of herbaceous plants. Development usually requires two years.

No. taxa in DBIF	20
No. interactions	105
% interactions with British data	91%
No. records	175
% 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	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 32
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 7
Source	Webb, K.F.(1985) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 97 6-6:6
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :5
Source	Blaser, C. & Charmillot, P.J.(1984) Revue Suisse Vitic. Arboric. Hortic. 16:5 257-260:257
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 29
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :3
Source	Alford, D.V. & Dicker, G.H.L.(1979) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. HGD:54 1-7:4
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 30
Source	Alford, D.V. & Dicker, G.H.L.(1979) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. HGD:54 1-7:3
Source	Hellrigl, K.(1984) Z. Angew. ent. 97 499-506:504
Source	Vanwetswinkel, G., Soenen, A. & Paternot(1979) Meded. Fac. Landbouwwet. Rijksuniv. Gent 44 101-106:102
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 31
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 34
Source	Dickler, E.(1976) Z. Angew. ent. 82 259-266:263
Source	Bergougnoux F., Verlhac, A., Breisch, H. & Chapa, J. (1978) Le Chataignier production et culture 1-192:173
Source	Baker, B.R.(1984) Proc. and Trans. Br. entomol. and natur. Hist. Soc. 17 103-109:108
Source	Baker, B.R.(1984) Proc. and Trans. Br. entomol. and natur. Hist. Soc. 17 103-109:106
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :4
Source	Viart, M. (ed.) (1979) Poplars and Willows in Wood Production and Land Use. FAO Forestry Series 10 1-328:214
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 33
Source	Viart, M. (ed.) (1979) Poplars and Willows in Wood Production and Land Use. FAO Forestry Series 10 1-328:212
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 6
Source	Reiter, W.(1986) Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 73 169-186:183
Source	Baker, B.R.(1984) Proc. and Trans. Br. entomol. and natur. Hist. Soc. 17 103-109:107
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 5

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