Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1991, Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2))

Author	Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J.
Year	1991
Title	Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2))
ISBN	0 946589 42 9
Series	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Type	Book/Report
Source	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 7 (Part 2), Harley Books
Review (by Malcolm Storey)	Introductory chapters cover: Classification of the Lepidoptera on a world basis (M. Scoble) and Resting Posture in the Lepidoptera. The main body of the work consists of life cycle and host plant details for all our Lepidoptera. This replaces Emmet’s earlier "A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera", and is extended to include macrolepidoptera.

Notes & Purpose	Status	Taxon	English	Classification
For identification	Current	BOMBYCOIDEA	silk moths, emperor etc.	Animalia: Lepidoptera
For identification	Current	DREPANOIDEA	lutestrings and hook-tips	Animalia: Lepidoptera

Author & Year	Title	Source	Relationship
Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988	A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera	2nd, revised & enlarged edition, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society	replaces
Langmaid, J.R., Palmer, S.M. & Young, M.R., 2018	A field guide to the smaller moths of Great Britain and Ireland	389pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society	superseded by (in part)

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