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Lasiocampidae Duponchel, 1844 (emend.) The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It is the sole family in superfamily Lasiocampoidea.
Gastropacha vishnou Lefèbvre, 1827. Amydona prasina Walker, 1855. Trabala vishnou, the rose-myrtle lappet moth, [1] is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in southern Asia, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Four subspecies are recognized.
Lasiocampa quercus, the oak eggar, [1] is a common moth of the family Lasiocampidae found in Europe, including Britain and Ireland. It feeds on a variety of plant species (mainly heather and bilberry), and may develop over two years in higher latitudes, where it may be known as the northern eggar. Its specific name quercus refers to the fact ...
L. trifolii. Binomial name. Lasiocampa trifolii. ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Lasiocampa trifolii, the grass eggar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and found in Europe. [ 1] Illustration from John Curtis 's British Entomology Volume 5.
Euthrix potatoria. ( Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms. Philudoria potatoria. Caterpillar. Euthrix potatoria, the drinker, is an orange-brown moth of the family Lasiocampidae. [ 1] The species' common and scientific names derive from the larva's supposed drinking of drops of dew. [ 2]
Eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americana) The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths. It is univoltine, producing one generation per year. It is a tent caterpillar, a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees.
Trichiura crataegi, the pale eggar or pale oak eggar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland), east to Anatolia and east across the Palearctic to Amur. The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The forewings are grey or dark grey ...
Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. Description. Palpi somewhat short and slight. Antennae with branches shorter in females than in males. Mid and hind tibia with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Forewings are broad, with rounded outer margin, where the cell is open.