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The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths. It is univoltine , producing one generation per year. It is a tent caterpillar , a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees.
Some species, such as the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum, and caterpillars of the small eggar moth, Eriogaster lanestris, build a single large tent which is typically occupied through the whole of the larval stage, while others build a series of small tents that are sequentially abandoned.
Malacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. [2] ... Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793) Malacosoma ...
M. americanum may refer to: . Malacosoma americanum, the eastern tent caterpillar, a moth species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees; Mammut americanum, the American mastodon, an extinct North American mammal species that lived from about 3.7 million years ago until about 10,000 years BC
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It is the sole family in superfamily Lasiocampoidea.
Malacosoma californicum, the western tent caterpillar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tent caterpillar. The Western Tent Caterpillar is found in southern Canada, the western United States, and parts of northern Mexico. There are currently six recognized subspecies of M. californicum. [1]
This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order ... Eastern tent caterpillar moth, Malacosoma americanum; Forest tent caterpillar moth, Malacosoma ...
Malacosoma americanum [14] [17] Eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma: Lasiocampidae: 1793 ... Virginia tiger moth [g] Spilosoma: Erebidae 1798 — Spiramater lutra [6]