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Species ID Request - Malacosoma americana
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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.
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

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

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