Lasiocampidae
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"Eggars" redirects here. For other uses, see Eggar (disambiguation).
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It is the sole family in superfamily Lasiocampoidea.
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Lasiocampidae | |
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Gastropacha populifolia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Clade: | Apoditrysia |
Clade: | Obtectomera |
Clade: | Macroheterocera |
Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
Family: | Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 |
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Diversity | |
About 224 genera and 1,952 species (van Nieukerken, et al., 2011) | |
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