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

© Jo McGavin
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.
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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
Malacosoma disstria
© John Himmelman
Malacosoma disstria
© John Davis
Malacosoma disstria
© D. Lynn Scott
Malacosoma disstria
© Nolie Schneider
Malacosoma disstria
© Bob Patterson
Malacosoma disstria
© Jason Roberts
Malacosoma disstria
28mm – © Jim Vargo
Malacosoma disstria
28mm – © Jim Vargo
Malacosoma disstria
- sylvaticoides - Lectotype - LG – (cc) U.S.N.M.
Malacosoma disstria
- anita - Syntype - LG – (cc) U.S.N.M.
Malacosoma disstria
- perversa - Holotype - LG – (cc) U.S.N.M.
Malacosoma disstria
- thoracicoides - Lectotype - LG – (cc) U.S.N.M.
Malacosoma disstria
© Jerry Armstrong LG

Malacosoma disstria
© Giff Beaton LG
on Alder
Malacosoma disstria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Malacosoma disstria
© Bob Moul

Malacosoma disstria
© Jason Dombroskie

Malacosoma disstria
© Nolie Schneider

Malacosoma disstria
© Nolie Schneider

Malacosoma disstria
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Malacosoma disstria
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Malacosoma disstria
© Jason Dombroskie
eggs
Malacosoma disstria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Malacosoma disstria
© Valerie G. Bugh


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