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Family	Psychidae
Sub Family
Description	a family of 'micro-moths'
Background to Family	So-called 'bagworms', after the portable silk case that is camouflaged by dry fragments of plant matter, sand or dead insects. The life-history is centered in or around the case: pupation, mating and egg-laying occur here, and females are wingless or parthenogenetic. Larvae feed predominantly on lichens or grasses, but they may include a variety of dead animal or plant matter in the diet. Sterrhopterix fusca is atypical in feeding on a range of broadleaved trees, grasses and heather.

No. taxa in DBIF	20
No. interactions	67
% interactions with British data	97%
No. records	104
% taxa with British data	100%
Notes	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 Emmet, A.M., Ed. (1992) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 7, Part 2. Harley Books, Colchester.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	1992

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	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:37
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:141
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:38
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:132
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:35
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:143
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:150
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:149
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:135
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:137
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:131
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:136
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:82
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:134
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:80
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:145
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:146
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:36
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:144
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:139
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:140
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:148
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:147
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:34
Source	Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1985) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 2 1-460:142

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