Malacosoma americanum
TaxID: 7099
Basic Information
Malacosoma americanum
eastern tent caterpillar, Error: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionResetError(10054, None, None)), Eastern Tent Caterpillar
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. It is sometimes confused with the spongy moth (whose larvae look similar) and the fall webworm (which also builds tents), and may be erroneously referred to as a bagworm, which is the common name applied to unrelated caterpillars in the family Psychidae. The moths oviposit almost exclusively on trees in the plant family Rosaceae, particularly cherry (Prunus) and apple (Malus). The caterpillars are hairy with areas of blue, white, black and orange. The blue and white colors are structural colors created by the selective filtering of light by microtubules that arise on the ball cuticle.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Malacosoma
americanum
unclassified
Species
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k__Metazoa;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Lepidoptera;f__Lasiocampidae;g__Malacosoma;s__Malacosoma americanum
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (38 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Acer rubrum | Host |
| Acer saccharum | Host |
| Alnus | Host |
| Amelanchier | Host |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Host |
| Berberis vulgaris | Host |
| Betula alleghaniensis | Host |
| Betula papyrifera | Host |
| Betula populifolia | Host |
| Carpinus caroliniana | Host |
Quarantine Status (12 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Absent | — |
| EPPO A1 | Absent | — |
| United Kingdom | Quarantine pest | 2022 |
| Georgia | Absent | 2018 |
| Croatia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Japan | Quarantine pests | — |
| Republic of Korea | Quarantine pests | — |
| Morocco | Quarantine pest | 2018 |
| Mexico | Quarantine pests | 2018 |
| Russian Federation | A1 list | 2014 |
Distribution (4 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | Present | |
| Netherlands | Absent | — |
| Turkey | Absent | — |
| United States of America | Present |
Genomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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