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Malacosoma neustria is a species of insect belonging to the family Lasiocampidae. It is classified within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The species is part of the genus Malacosoma and has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Common names for this taxon include gwaswyfyn, ringelrups, Ringelrups, and bourovec prsténčivý.
Host plants for Malacosoma neustria include Prunus, Crataegus monogyna, and Prunus spinosa. Records of the species have been documented in the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Norway, Japan, and Poland. These records are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, UIT, USNM, and UI. The species has 95,087 occurrences and 1,828 records, with 3,476 associated media items.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLasiocampidae
Eispiegel Ringelspinnerraupe Raupenkopf des Ringelspinners mit Scheinaugen Puppenkokon des Ringelspinners Der Ringelspinner (Malacosoma neustria) ist ein Schmetterling (Nachtfalter) aus der Familie der Glucken (Lasiocampidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,828
- With media
- 3,476
- Family
- Lasiocampidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, UIT, USNM, UI, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Norway, Japan, Poland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Malacosoma
- Image
- Malacosoma neustria MHNT CUT 2011 0 446 female Mussidan.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
The lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is common across southern Britain and central Europe. Malacosoma species are notable for their caterpillars which are brightly coloured and form silken tents to regulate their temperature. Malacosoma neustria caterpillars are brown with blue, orange and white stripes. The adults are a fairly uniform brown. The larvae feed mainly on trees and shrubs from within their tents.
Subspecies
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malacosoma neustria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.