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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)
BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)
LASIOCAMPIDAE
(lackeys and eggars)
Malacosoma neustria
(The Lackey)
Malacosoma neustria
is also a member of:
Eriogaster lanestris / Malacosoma neustria
(via Malacosoma neustria)
Macrolepidoptera
(via Bombycoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (The Lackey)

Sets of Photographs

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

Taxon Summary # images # photos Date Vice-county Country
Malacosoma neustria Larva 6 6 11 Jun 1983 (England) England
Malacosoma neustria Larva 5 5 11 Jun 2000 North Devon England
Malacosoma neustria Larva 2 2 7 Jun 1970 East Norfolk England

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Sterling, P., 2011 Which one wove that web?

Malacosoma neustria 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)		 BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)
Macrolepidoptera (via Bombycoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 feeding and other relationships of Malacosoma neustria (The Lackey)

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