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Malacosoma californica in languages:

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Western Tent Caterpillar

English

Western Tent Caterpillar Moth

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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

Child Taxa

• Malacosoma californica ambisimile
• Malacosoma californica californica
• Malacosoma californica fragilis
• Malacosoma californica pluviale
• Malacosoma californica recenseo
• Malacosoma californicum lutescens
• Malacosoma californicum pluviale

Top Observation Places

• Santa Fe
• Missoula
• Surrey
• White Rock
• Port Coquitlam
• Seattle
• Shoreline
• Vancouver
• Burnaby
• Ladner
• Richmond
• Lakewood
• Boulder
• Victoria
• Nanaimo