Eriogaster lanestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Small Eggar)

Interactions where Eriogaster lanestris is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Compsilura concinnata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Compsilura concinnata/Compsilura concinnataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lasiocampidae/Eriogaster lanestris/Eriogaster lanestrissmall eggarlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)
SubfamilyLASIOCAMPINAE (a subfamily of moths)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Sterling, P. 2011 Which one wove that web? Dorset Wildlife.
Waring, P 2004 Small Eggar Vol 15, No. 5 Page: 362

Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Ruf, C. and Fiedler, K. 1999 Colony survivorship of social caterpillars in the field: A case study of the small eggar moth (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera Vol 38: 15-25.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)
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