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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Lasiocampini » Malacosoma
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Malacosoma sp. - Malacosoma
Copyright © 2007 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Malacosoma sp. - Malacosoma
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
May 3, 2007
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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 22 December, 2007 - 1:32pm
Last updated 17 June, 2008 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from Malacosoma.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 17 June, 2008 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Re-edited to darken
Re-edited to darken
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 7 March, 2008 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Texas Rather Than Tennessee?
When asking whether a moth might be something already named, in this case "Apamea lianiedora," it would be helpful if you would provide a citation, or a link to a website, where you found such a name used to label a photo similar to the one you are posting. Then, someone else might be able to evaluate your proposed identification.

In this case, I cannot find the name "lianiedora" anywhere associated with the moths of North America, and it is not found by me even in synonymy in a list of all the currently valid names in Apamea. So, I have no idea where to look further without some help.

The moth in this photo strikes me as possibly being a species of Tent Caterpillar Moth in the genus Malacosoma. But this is just the best guess I can come up with at this time.
… Bob Patterson, 22 December, 2007 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Bob- Thanks for the informati
Bob- Thanks for the information. Howabout Photo#125784

Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk


Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth - Malacosoma disstria -

Can not see antennae on mine but otherwise looks very simular.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 22 December, 2007 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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