Malacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[2] The larva is commonly called the Tent caterpillar.
| Malacosoma | |
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| Malacosoma franconicum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lasiocampidae |
| Subfamily: | Lasiocampinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiocampini |
| Genus: | Malacosoma Hübner, [1820][1] |
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Species
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Malacosoma Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ Nomen.at
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