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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
NOCTUOIDEA
(shuttle moths)
LYMANTRIIDAE
(tussock moths)
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
(Brown-tail)
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Noctuoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brown-tail)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos Date Vice-county Country
Euproctis chrysorrhoea Larva 8 8 14 Apr 2004 South Devon England
Euproctis chrysorrhoea Larva 3 3 3 Jun 1971 South Essex England

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Sterling, P., 2011 Which one wove that web?
Waring, P., 2005, Caterpillar of a Brown-tail moth, British Wildlife, Vol 16, No 4: 280 (illustration) Caterpillar of a Brown-tail moth

Euproctis chrysorrhoea may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 LYMANTRIIDAE
(tussock moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Noctuoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 feeding and other relationships of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)

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