Summary description from Wikipedia:

Malacosoma americana in languages:

English

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

English

eastern tent caterpillar

French

Livrée d'Amérique

Russian

Американский коконопряд

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Parent Taxon

• Malacosoma

Sibling Taxa

• Malacosoma alpicolum
• Malacosoma americana
• Malacosoma autumnaria
• Malacosoma betula
• Malacosoma californica
• Malacosoma castrense
• Malacosoma constricta
• Malacosoma dentatum
• Malacosoma disstria
• Malacosoma franconicum
• Malacosoma incurva
• Malacosoma kirghisica
• Malacosoma laurae
• Malacosoma neustria
• Malacosoma parallela
• Malacosoma prima
• Malacosoma squalorum
• Malacosoma tigris

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