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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Pyralidae Sub Family   Schoenobiinae Description   A sub-family of the Pyralidae Background to Family   The Schoenobiinae occur in aquatic habitats and feed in the stems or rolled leaves of reeds (Phragmites), sweet-grasses (Glyceria) or sedges (Cyperaceae); the larvae float to new foodplants by constructing a raft from leaf fragments!     No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   See family entry; ; 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   In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:199 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1991) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:168 Source   Goater, B. (1986) British Pyralid Moths 1-175:45