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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 » Pacific Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7699 (Malacosoma constricta)

Species Malacosoma constricta - Pacific Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7699

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)
Family Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)
Subfamily Lasiocampinae
Tribe Lasiocampini
Genus Malacosoma
Species constricta (Pacific Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7699)
Hodges Number
7699
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Malacosoma constricta (Edwards, 1874)
Clisiocampa constricta Edwards, 1874
Explanation of Names
Malacosoma constricta (Hy. Edwards, 1874)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Remarks
The gender of Malacosoma is neuter, so adjectivic species names ending -a are considered wrong spellings. (2)
Print References
Edwards, H., 1874. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera, No. 8. On the transformations of some species of Heterocera, not previously described. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 5: 362.
Franclemont, J.G., 1973. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc., p. 74; pl. 9, figs. 17-22. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.A revision of the genus Malacosoma (Hubner) in North America (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): systematics, ...
Frederick W. Stehr; Edwin F.Cook . 1968. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 276: 1-321.
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 20.1. Mimallonoidea (Mimallonidae) and Bombycoidea.....
J. G. Franclemont. 1973. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 January, 2008 - 5:36pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Boris Bueche
Last updated 25 May, 2021 - 12:49pm

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