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Family: LASIOCAMPIDAE (4SF 9G+1EX 11S+1EX) Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Lasiocampoidea References: Wikipedia, Waring & Townsend

Family name derived from the Greek for woolly caterpillar (lasio = woolly, campa = caterpillar). 'Eggar' derived from the egg-shaped cocoons of some species. 'Lappet' derived from decorative skin flaps on the larval prolegs. Medium to large moths with broad wings and large hairy bodies. Most British species are brown or yellowish with one or two cross-lines and often a white forewing spot. Males have feathered antennae, females have relatively simple antennae. All British species have a reduced proboscis and do not feed as the adult. Hindwing lacks a frenulum; eyes hairy (sometimes sparsely); labial palp with basal segment thinly haired.

Subfamily: Poecilocampinae (2G 2S) Tribe: Poecilocampini

Poecilocampa Trichiura 001 Poecilocampa populi (December Moth) 002 Trichiura crataegi (Pale Eggar)

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Subfamily: Malacosomatinae (1G 2S)

Tribe: Malacosomatini Malacosoma (2S) 003 Malacosoma neustria (Lackey) 004 Malacosoma castrensis (Ground Lackey) (/004-malacosoma-castrensis-ground-lackey.html) (/003-malacosoma-neustria-lackey.html)

Subfamily: Lasiocampinae (3T 3G 4S)

Tribe: Eriogastrini Eriogaster 005 Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar) fw: 15-21mm; Jan-Mar; blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp); NS-B local in England & Wales, most frequent in Somerset and Dorset.

Tribe: Lasiocampini Lasiocampa (2S) 006 Lasiocampa trifolii (Grass Eggar) 007 Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar) fw: m21-24mm, f25-30mm; Aug-Sep; lfp varies with location; NS-A sand-dunes on Isles of Scilly, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Glamorgan, Cheshire & Lancashire; sea-cl

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Tribe: Macrothylaciini Macrothylacia 008 Macrothylacia rubi (Fox Moth) Subfamily: Pinarinae (3T 3G+1EX 3S+1EX)

Tribe: Pinarini Tribe: Selenepherini Dendrolimus Euthrix 009 Dendrolimus pini (Pine-tree Lappet) 010 Euthrix potatoria (Drinker)

Rare migrant with <10 British records

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Tribe: Gastropachini

Phyllodesma Gastropacha 011 Phyllodesma ilicifolia (Small Lappet) 012 Gastropacha quercifolia (Lappet)

EXTINCT 1965

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