Malacosoma

Genus of moths

Malacosoma
Malacosoma franconicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Tribe: Lasiocampini
Genus: Malacosoma
Hübner, [1820][1]
Synonyms
  • Trichoda Hübner, [1806]
  • Trichoda Hübner, 1822
  • Trichodia Stephens, 1827
  • Clisiocampa Curtis, 1828
  • Cliseocampa Agassiz, 1847

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.

Species

  • Malacosoma alpicolum (Staudinger, 1870)
  • Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Malacosoma californicum (Packard, 1864)
  • Malacosoma castrense (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Malacosoma 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

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Malacosoma Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Nomen.at
Taxon identifiers
Malacosoma


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