Malacosoma
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Ring moth ( Malacosoma neustria ) |
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| Huebner , 1820 |
Malacosoma is a genus of butterflies in the family of the mother hen (Lasiocampidae).
Characteristics of the genus
The moths of the genus are mostly brown to brownish yellow and of small to medium size. The wings are rather short and broad. The antennae of the males are combed, those of the females less. The legs of the moth are hairy long. The long caterpillars are relatively short and smoothly hairy. The eggs overwinter and are deposited in the ring. The pupae are in a web and are rather short and blunt at the rear end.
species
This genus includes u. a. these types:
- Alpine ring moth ( Malacosoma alpicolum ) ( Staudinger , 1870)
- Malacosoma americanum ( Fabricius , 1793)
- Malacosoma californicum ( Packard , 1864)
- Spurge moth ( Malacosoma castrensis ) ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Malacosoma constrictum ( H. Edwards , 1874)
- Malacosoma disstria ( Huebner , 1820)
- Frankfurt ring moth ( Malacosoma franconicum ) ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
- Malacosoma incurva ( H. Edwards , 1882)
- Malacosoma laurae ( Lajonquuière , 1977)
- Malacosoma luteum ( Oberthür , 1878)
- Ring moth ( Malacosoma neustria ) ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Malacosoma parallellum ( Staudinger , 1887)
- Malacosoma primum ( Staudinger , 1887)
- Malacosoma tigris ( Dyar , 1902)
literature
- Karl Eckstein: The butterflies of Germany with special consideration of their biology. KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1913 ( Read Online )
Web links
Commons : Malacosoma - collection of images, videos and audio files
- www.nic.funet.fi
- Malacosoma in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 29, 2013