Malacosoma

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Lasiocampoidea

Familia: Lasiocampidae
Subfamilia: Malacosominae
Genus: Malacosoma
Subgenera: M. (Clisiocampa) – M. (Malacosoma)
Overview of species

M. alpicolum – M. americanum – M. californicum – M. castrense – M. constrictum – M. dentata – M. disstria – M. franconicum – M. incurvum – M. indica – M. laurae – M. luteum – M. neustria – M. parallellum – M. prima – M. robertsi – M. tigris
Name

Malacosoma Hübner, 1820

Type species: Bombyx franconica Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
References
Additional references

de Lajonquière, Y. 1972. Espèces et formes asiatiques du genre Malacosoma Hübner (Lep.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 77(1-2): 297–307.Reference page.
Stehr, F.W. & E.F. Cook, 1968: A revision of the genus Malacosoma Hübner in North America (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): systematics, biology, immatures and parasites. United States National Museum Bulletin 276: 1–321.
Zolotuhin, V.V. 1998. Further synonymic notes in the Lasiocampidae with the description of a new Euthrix-species (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Entomofauna 19(4): 53-76. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2000b. The Lasiocampidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 11: 25-104. Full article Zobodat (PDF).Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Tent caterpillar
日本語: オビカレハ属

Malacosoma is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[2]
Species

Malacosoma alpicolum (Staudinger, 1870)
Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793)
Malacosoma californicum (Packard, 1864)
Malacosoma castrense (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malacosoma constrictum (H. Edwards, 1874)
Malacosoma disstria (Hübner, [1820])
Malacosoma franconicum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Malacosoma incurva (H. Edwards, 1882)
Malacosoma laurae (Lajonquuière, 1977)
Malacosoma luteum (Oberthür, 1878)
Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malacosoma parallellum (Staudinger, 1887)
Malacosoma primum (Staudinger, 1887)
Malacosoma tigris (Dyar, 1902)

References

Savela, Markku. "Malacosoma Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
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