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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Lasiocampoidea » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Lasiocampini » Malacosoma » Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7703 (Malacosoma incurvum)

Species Malacosoma incurvum - Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7703

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
Moth - Malacosoma incurvum Hairy moth - Malacosoma incurvum - male Moth - Malacosoma incurvum Moth - Malacosoma incurvum
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
Family Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)
Subfamily Lasiocampinae
Tribe Lasiocampini
Genus Malacosoma
Species incurvum (Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7703)
Hodges Number
7703
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clisiocampa luteomargo, Dyar, 1907
Clisiocampa azteca, Neumoegen, 1893
Clisiocampa incurva, H. Edwards, 1882
Numbers
one of six species in the genus for North America north of Mexico
Size
wingspan about 27mm
Range
limited to southwestern North America
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah
Food
larval host is Southwestern cottonwood (Populus fremontii), Willow (Salix) and Prunus
Print References
John G. Franclemont; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 20.1; Mimallonoidea; Bombycidae
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult.
forestryimages.org - photographs of various life stages.
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 15 May, 2007 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 18 August, 2010 - 5:46pm

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