Malacosoma neustria
TaxID: 7098
Basic Information
Malacosoma neustria
Lackey, Lackey Moth, lackey moth
The lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is common across southern Britain and central Europe. Malacosoma species are notable for their caterpillars which are brightly coloured and form silken tents to regulate their temperature. Malacosoma neustria caterpillars are brown with blue, orange and white stripes. The adults are a fairly uniform brown. The larvae feed mainly on trees and shrubs from within their tents.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Malacosoma
neustria
unclassified
Species
nan
k__Metazoa;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Lepidoptera;f__Lasiocampidae;g__Malacosoma;s__Malacosoma neustria
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (7 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
Distribution (50 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | Present | — |
| Algeria | Present | — |
| Andorra | Present | — |
| Armenia | Present | — |
| Austria | Present | — |
| Azerbaijan | Present | — |
| Belgium | Present | — |
| Bulgaria | Present | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Present | — |
| Belarus | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCA_963693495.1 | Chromosome | 567 | 10905 | 21044 | - |
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Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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