Species
Malacosoma californica (Western tent caterpillar moth)
Malacosoma californica. Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
- Family: Lasiocampidae (Lappet moths)
- Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
- Tribe: Lasiocampini
- Genus: Malacosoma (Tent caterpillar moths)
- Species: Malacosoma californica (Western tent caterpillar moth)
- Genus: Malacosoma (Tent caterpillar moths)
- Tribe: Lasiocampini
- Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
- Family: Lasiocampidae (Lappet moths)
- Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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