Malacosoma disstria: Forest Tent Caterpillar
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Description: Photographs of this moth and its larvae, its distribution, description, biology, host plants, controls and management.
forest tent caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria Hübner common name: forest tent caterpillar Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) Hübner, is the most widely distributed indigenous tent caterpillar in North America (Furniss and Carolin 1977). The forest tent caterpillar has been recognized as an important defoliator of a wide variety of deciduous hardwood trees throughout its range for many years (Batzer and Morris 1978). Although this univoltine insect is called a tent caterpillar, it is unlike other
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| Page title: | forest tent caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria Hübner |
| Keywords: | forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria, Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae James Meeker |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |