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.
'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
Tribe: Poecilocampini
|
Poecilocampa
001 Poecilocampa populi (December Moth) 
|
Trichiura
002 Trichiura crataegi (Pale Eggar) 
|
Subfamily: Malacosomatinae (1G 2S)
|
Tribe: Malacosomatini
Malacosoma (2S) 003 Malacosoma neustria (Lackey) 
|
004 Malacosoma castrensis (Ground Lackey) 
|
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae (3T 3G 4S)
|
Tribe: Eriogastrini
Eriogaster 005 Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar) fw: 15-21mm; Mar-Apr*; blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp); NS-B local in England & Wales, most frequent in Somerset and Dorset. *Waring and Townsend give Jan-Mar - but both Norfolk Moths and Suffolk Moths show no occurrence in Jan or Feb and a peak occurrence in the 2nd half of March and 1st half of April. |
|
|
Tribe: Lasiocampini
Lasiocampa (2S) 006 Lasiocampa trifolii trifolii (Grass Eggar) 
006 Lasiocampa trifolii flava (Pale Grass Eggar)
|
007 Lasiocampa quercus (Oak Eggar) 
|
|
Tribe: Macrothylaciini
Macrothylacia 008 Macrothylacia rubi (Fox Moth) 
|
|
Subfamily: Pinarinae (3T 3G+1EX 3S+1EX)
|
Tribe: Pinarini
Dendrolimus 009 Dendrolimus pini (Pine-tree Lappet) 
|
Tribe: Selenepherini
Euthrix 010 Euthrix potatoria (Drinker) 
|
Tribe: Gastropachini
|
Phyllodesma
011 Phyllodesma ilicifolia (Small Lappet) EXTINCT 1965 |
Gastropacha
012 Gastropacha quercifolia (Lappet) 
|
