Malacosoma californicum

Western tent caterpillar
larvae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Malacosoma
Species:	M. californicum
Binomial name
Malacosoma californicum Packard, 1864
Synonyms
Clisiocampa californica Packard, [1865] Clisiocampa californica Walker, 1865 Bombyx pseudoneustria Boisduval, 1868 Clisiocampa thoracica Stretch, 1881 Clisiocampa fragilis var. perlutea Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893 Clisiocampa ambisimile Dyar, 1893 Clisiocampa pluvialis Dyar, 1893 Clisiocampa fragilis Stretch, 1881 Clisiocampa mus Neumoegen, 1893

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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.

Subspecies

• Malacosoma californicum ambisimile (Dyar, 1893)
• Malacosoma californicum californicum
• Malacosoma californicum fragile (Stretch, 1881)
• Malacosoma californicum lutescens (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893)
• Malacosoma californicum pluvialis (Dyar, 1893)
• Malacosoma californicum recenseo Dyar, 1928