family Lasiocampidae

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family Lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

Lasiocampidae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies

lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth - medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae

genus Lasiocampa, Lasiocampa - type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars

genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma - tent caterpillars

lappet caterpillar - larva of a lappet moth

webworm - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed

genus Hyphantria, Hyphantria - fall webworms

genus Loxostege, Loxostege - garden webworms

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The family Lasiocampidae includes the eggar, lackey or lappet moths, a characteristic group of medium-sized, stout-bodied and often sombre-coloured insects that are related to the silk moths (Bombycidae) and moon and atlas moths (Saturnidae).

(Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), its Arabian taxa, and their affinity to other moths of the family Lasiocampidae. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 16: 327-339.

The early stages and larval food-plants of Bufoidia larseni Wiltshire and Legrain, 1997 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)