Malacosoma

Malacosoma neustria

Malacosoma californicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lasiocampoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Lasiocampoidea

Familia: Lasiocampidae
Subfamilia: Malacosominae
Genus: Malacosoma
Subgenera: M. (Clisiocampa) – M. (Malacosoma)

Overview of species

M. alpicolum – M. americanum – M. californicum – M. castrensis – M. constrictum – M. dentata – M. disstria – M. franconicum – M. incurvum – M. indica – M. laurae – M. luteum – M. neustria – M. parallellum – M. prima – M. robertsi – M. tigris

Name

Malacosoma Hübner, 1820: 192

Type species: Bombyx franconica Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Synonymy

• Clisiocampa Curtis, 1828: 229
  • Type species: Phalaena neustria Linnaeus, 1758) (by original designation) = accepted as Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Trichoda Hübner, 1822
• Trichodia Stephens, 1827

References

Primary references

• Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 12–13: 177–208. BHL Reference page. 
• Curtis, J. 1823–1840. British Entomology, being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland; containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plant upon which they are found. Vol. V. Lepidoptera, Part I. - printed for the author (London) BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• de Lajonquière, Y. 1972. Espèces et formes asiatiques du genre Malacosoma Hübner (Lep.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 77(1-2): 297–307.Reference page. 
• Stehr, F.W. & E.F. Cook, 1968: A revision of the genus Malacosoma Hübner in North America (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): systematics, biology, immatures and parasites. United States National Museum Bulletin 276: 1–321.
• Zolotuhin, V.V. 1998. Further synonymic notes in the Lasiocampidae with the description of a new Euthrix-species (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Entomofauna 19(4): 53–76. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2000. The Lasiocampidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 11: 25–104. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Tent caterpillar
• 日本語: オビカレハ属

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