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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] The larva is commonly called the Tent caterpillar . Species
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 forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) is a moth found throughout North America, especially in the eastern regions. Unlike related tent caterpillar species, the larvae of forest tent caterpillars do not make tents, but rather, weave a silky sheet where they lie together during molting .
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