Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Scarce Footman, Northern Footman)

Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman)
GenusEilema (footman moths)
TribeLithosiini (footmen)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
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 Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Parsons, M.S., Fox, R., Conrad, K.F., Woiwod, I.P. & Warren, M.S. 2005 British moths: throwing light on a new conservation challenge British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 386-394.

Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of Eilema complana (Scarce Footman, Northern Footman)
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