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Lasiocampidae 870018.00 – 7702   Malacosoma californica (Packard, 1864)              Western Tent Caterpillar

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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. 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: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. 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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