title: [The brown-tail moth of Bombyx Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. (Lepidoptera) responsible for lepidopterism in France: biological interpretation].
abstract: A scanning electron microscope study has enabled an explanation as to why the brown-tail moth provokes Lepidopterism. The brown-tail moth only provokes Lepidopterism via a transmission of the urticating hairs of its caterpillar. Urticating moths (genus Hylesia and Anaphae) protect their eggs and young caterpillars with urticating hairs, thus it is very ambiguous to label erucism as the contact dermatitis produced by caterpillar production or Lepidopterism as the contact dermatitis caused by moth urticating hairs.
authors.affiliation: Université de Bordeaux-I, Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie, Talence.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Werno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D007915:Lepidoptera; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
vernacular_title: Le papillon du Bombyx "Cul brun" Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. (Lépidoptères) responsable de papillonite en France: interprétation biologique.