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Lasiocampidae 870014 – 7698   Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820              Forest Tent Caterpillar

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Distribution: Type locality (disstria): Georgia. Type locality (nubilis): l'Amerique septentrionale. Type locality (sylvatica): Massachusetts. Type locality (drupacearum): Georgia Type locality (erosa): [Portland, Oregon]. Type locality (thoracicoides): [Poughkeepsie, New York]. Type locality (sylvaticoides): [Portland, Oregon]. Type locality (perversa): [Portland, Oregon]. Type locality (astriata): Lincoln, Massachusetts. Type locality (anita): Concord, Massachusetts. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820 • Malacosoma anita Reiff, 1913 • Malacosoma astriata Reiff, 1913 • Bombyx drupacearum Boisduval, 1868 • Clisiocampa erosa Stretch, 1881 • Chelonia nubilis Guérin-Méneville, 1832 • Clisiocampa perversa Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Clisiocampa sylvatica Harris, 1841 • Clisiocampa sylvaticoides Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Clisiocampa thoracioides Neumögen & Dyar, 1893

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Factsheet at Florida Featured Creatures. Franclemont, J. G., 1973. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1: p. 72; pl. 9.13-16. order or free PDF Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 37.10m; p. 235. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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