Malacosoma
Sign in to saveMalacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The larva is commonly called the Tent caterpillar.
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Malacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The larva is commonly called the Tent caterpillar.
==Species== Malacosoma alpicolum (Staudinger, 1870) Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793) Malacosoma californicum (Packard, 1864) Malacosoma castrense (Linnaeus, 1758) Malacosoma constricta (=constrictum) (H. Edwards, 1874) Malacosoma disstria (Hübner, [1820]) Malacosoma franconicum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Malacosoma incurva (H. Edwards, 1882) Malacosoma laurae (Lajonquuière, 1977) Malacosoma luteum (Oberthür, 1878) Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) Malacosoma parallellum (Staudinger, 1887) Malacosoma primum (Staudinger, 1887) Malacosoma tigris (Dyar, 1902)