Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma americana

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae

The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths. It is univoltine, producing one generation per year. It is a tent caterpillar, a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees.

Distribution

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth — (c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Block · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 26,480Canada · 4,074

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Block · CC-BY DescriptionEastern tent caterpillar, Wikipedia contributors

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