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Malacosoma castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ground Lackey)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cadbury, J., 2002, Larvae of the Ground Lackey Moth, British Wildlife, Vol 14, No. 2: 105 Larvae of the Ground Lackey Moth
Glover, B., 2004, Larvae of the Ground Lackey moth..., British Wildlife, Vol 15, No. 6: 399 Larvae of the Ground Lackey moth...

Malacosoma castrensis 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 Malacosoma castrensis:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Exorista fasciata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [UMO]
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Goniocera versicolor - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Peleteria rubescens - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993

Malacosoma castrensis 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)

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