Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902 is a animal in the Lasiocampidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902 (Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902)
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Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902

Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902

Malacosoma tigris, the Sonoran tent caterpillar, is a Lasiocampidae moth species with Hodges number 7700.

Family
Genus
Malacosoma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Malacosoma tigris Dyar, 1902

Malacosoma tigris, commonly known as the Sonoran tent caterpillar, is a species of insect that belongs to the moth family Lasiocampidae. Its official MONA (also called Hodges) number is 7700.

Photo: (c) David G. Barker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David G. Barker · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lasiocampidae Malacosoma

More from Lasiocampidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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