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Species ID Request - Malacosoma americana
Copyright © 2015 A. Hendrickson

Species ID Request - Malacosoma americana
Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
July 10, 2015
gathering_2015 I think this might be Hodges #7701 – Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth – Malacosoma americana but when there are more than one species reported from the area, I can never be sure.
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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 23 July, 2015 - 9:04am
Last updated 6 August, 2015 - 6:06pm

Moved
Moved from Malacosoma.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 August, 2015 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

From the info pages
"Malacosoma disstria forewing has dark AM and PM lines". M. americana has "forewing with white AM and PM lines".
This should then be americana
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2015 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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