Moth Photographers Group – Malacosoma californica

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Lasiocampidae

870018 – 7702 Malacosoma californica (Packard, 1864)

Western Tent Caterpillar

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Distribution:	Type locality (californica): California. Type locality (pseudoneustria): California. Type locality (thoracica): Congress Springs, "San Mateo Co." [read Santa Clara Co.], CA. Type locality (ambisimile): Santa Cruz Co., California. Type locality (pluvialis): Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Washington). Type locality (recenseo): mountains of California (Truckee and Siskiyou). Type locality (lutescens): Miles City, Montana. Type locality (fragilis): Virginia City, Nevada. Type locality (mus): "southwest Utah... and Arizona (Prescott...)"
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Clisiocampa californica Packard, 1864 • Clisiocampa calificornica Packard, 1864 • Clisiocampa californica Walker, 1865 • Clisiocampa perlutea Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Bombyx pseudoneustria Boisduval, 1868 • Clisiocampa thoracica Stretch, 1881 • Clisiocampa ambisimile Dyar, 1893 • Malacosoma recenseo Dyar, 1928 • Clisiocampa pluvialis Dyar, 1893 • Clisiocampa lutescens Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Clisiocampa fragilis Stretch, 1881 • Clisiocampa mus Neumögen, 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.
Franclemont, J. G., 1973. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1: p. 78; pl. 10.1-32. order or free PDF
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 37.9m; p. 235. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths