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Lasiocampidae 870018 – 7702   Malacosoma californica (Packard, 1864)              Western Tent Caterpillar

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: ambisimile (Dyar, 1893) (Clisiocampa)   Type locality: Santa Cruz Co., California. californica (Packard, 1864) (Clisiocampa) - MONA 1983: 7702  californica (Walker, 1865) (Clisiocampa) ssp. a. californica (Packard, 1864) (Clisiocampa) - MONA 1983: 7702   Type locality: California.  calificornica (Packard, 1864) (Clisiocampa) missp. (synonym of ssp. californica)  perlutea (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893) (Clisiocampa) (synonym of ssp. californica)  pseudoneustria (Boisduval, 1868) (Bombyx) (synonym of ssp. californica)   Type locality: California.  thoracica (Stretch, 1881) (Clisiocampa) (synonym of ssp. californica)   Type locality: Congress Springs, "San Mateo Co." [read Santa Clara Co.], CA. ssp. b. ambisimilis (Dyar, 1893) (Clisiocampa) ssp. c. recenseo Dyar, 1928 (Malacosoma)   Type locality: mountains of California (Truckee and Siskiyou). ssp. d. pluvialis (Dyar, 1893) (Clisiocampa)   Type locality: Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Washington). ssp. e. lutescens (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893) (Clisiocampa)   Type locality: Miles City, Montana. ssp. f. fragilis (Stretch, 1881) (Clisiocampa)   Type locality: Virginia City, Nevada.  mus (Neumoegen, 1893) (Clisiocampa) (synonym of ssp. fragilis)   Type locality: "southwest Utah... and Arizona (Prescott...)".

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

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