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Malacosoma californica (Western Tent Caterpillar)

Synonyms: Bombyx pseudoneustria; Clisiocampa californica; Clisiocampa thoracica; Malacosoma perlutea

Wikipedia Abstract

Malacosoma californicum, the western tent caterpillar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tent caterpillar. It is found in the western part of the Nearctic ecozone. The wingspan is about 28 millimeters. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, such as oak and poplar.
View Wikipedia Record: Malacosoma californica

Infraspecies

Malacosoma californica ambisimilis
Malacosoma californica californica
Malacosoma californica fragilis
Malacosoma californica lutescens
Malacosoma californica pluvialis
Malacosoma californica recenseo

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Archytas apicifer[2]
Chetogena tachinomoides[2]
Exorista mella[2]
Lespesia archippivora[2]
Lespesia frenchii[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0