Species Malacosoma tigris - Sonoran Tent Caterpillar - Hodges#7700

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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).

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)

Type Locality: Platte Canyon near Denver, CO.

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

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

various oaks(1)

Eggs are laid in encircling bands on very small twigs. The masses differ from other Malacosoma in not being covered with spumaline.(1)

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. (2))

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 (3)

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