LASIOCAMPIDAE
(lackeys and eggars)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Subfamily 3 subtaxa 74 images 2 ident. refs
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 31 images 3 ident. refs
Tribe 2 subtaxa 31 images 3 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 31 images 3 ident. refs
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Subfamily 3 subtaxa 98 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 18 images
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Species 2 images
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Informal 2 subtaxa 41 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars)
SuperfamilyLASIOCAMPOIDEA (lackeys and eggars)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

LASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 48 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars)
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