Small Eggar
Eriogaster lanestris

B&F Code
66.005

Authority

Linnaeus, 1758

Family
Lasiocampidae

Subfamily
Lasiocampinae

Genus
Eriogaster

National Status
Nb

Species account (old)

Fairly generally distributed in Robson's time, but noted then as being much rarer than formerly. [...] We can now assume that it no longer occurs in our area.

Dunn, T.C. and J.D. Parrack, The Moths and Butterflies of Northumberland and Durham (NNU: 1986, 1992). Reprinted gratefully with permission.

Statistics

Records	5
Individuals	5
Largest Sample	1
First Recorded	1845
Last Recorded	1899
Earliest Adult Record
Latest Adult Record
Monad Coverage	0.2%
Hexad Coverage	11.9%

Map

This map shows all records of Small Eggar - Eriogaster lanestris in the Durham (VC66) database per monad (1km grid square). The map can be explored further by zooming and panning, can be reset using the button on the left, and can be filtered by selecting the era. Click on a monad to view a full list of species recorded in it, or its containing hexad (10km grid square).

Map (image)

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Week graph

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