BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)
Eriogaster lanestris
(Small Eggar)
<- back - fore ->

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Eriogaster lanestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Small Eggar)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Waring, P, 2004, Small Eggar, British Wildlife, Vol 15, No. 5: 362 Small Eggar

Eriogaster lanestris may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Eriogaster lanestris:

Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Compsilura concinnata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Eriogaster lanestris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales