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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 » Sonoran Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7700 (Malacosoma tigris)

Species Malacosoma tigris - Sonoran Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7700

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black and Orange Caterpillar - Malacosoma tigris

Orange and Black Caterpillar - Malacosoma tigris

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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 tigris (Sonoran Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7700)

Hodges Number

7700

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Malacosoma tigris (Dyar, 1902)

Clisiocampa tigris Dyar, 1902

Malacosoma var. inducta Dyar, 1906

Clisiocampa onissa Dyar, 1911

Malacosoma texana Dyar, 1928 - manuscript name applied to a form of disstria by Beutenmuller and suggested at a full species allied with M. tigris by Dyar in Draudt (1928).

Identification

M. texana Beut. [syn. of M. tigris](80 a) was described as a form of disstria, but does not have its habitus. Maybe clay-yellowish, dark sprinkled; Lines brown, clear means without bright borders. I only have ♂♂; I think it is a good species from the tigris family. ♀ and caterpillar unknown. Texas. - approximate Google translate of Dyar (1928)

Range

Type Locality: Platte Canyon near Denver, CO.

Type Locality (M. t. var. inducta): Palmerlee, Cochise Co., AZ.

Type Locality (M. texana, syn.): TX.

Remarks

The species name tigris is a simple noun, so does not follow the genus name in gender.

(Malacosoma is neuter, so adjectivic species names end -um instead of -a. (1))

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1902. A new form of Clisiocampa from Colorado. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 5: 38-39.

Dyar, H.G., 1906. North American moths and larvae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(8): 195.

Dyar, H.G., 1928. in Draudt, Die Grossschmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes: Lasiocampidae. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erd, 6: 565-629.

Franclemont, 1973. MONA, Fascicle 20.1: 76; pl. 9.23-28 (2)

Internet References

Margarethe Brummermann's blog on an outbreak of Malacosoma on Mt. Lemmon in Arizona.

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	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.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 December, 2013 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Boris Bueche, Chuck Sexton, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 14 December, 2021 - 6:56am

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