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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Lappet Moths
  7. Malacosominae
  8. Tent Caterpillar Moths

genus

Tent Caterpillar Moths

Malacosoma

Includes
6 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth native
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth native
  • Western Tent Caterpillar Moth native
  • The Lackey present
  • Pacific Tent Caterpillar native
  • Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth presumed native
  • Alpine Tent Caterpillar
  • Sonoran Tent Caterpillar presumed native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native tent caterpillar moths All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americana 66,147 observations
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria 41,728 observations
  • Western Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma californica 14,113 observations
  • Pacific Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma constricta 3,928 observations

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