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Ground Lackey

Malacosoma castrensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 623, February 460, March 721, April 1,135, May 1,636, June 1,784, July 1,909, August 1,642, September 1,205, October 900, November 492, December 384.
United States12,893
Alaska12,893
Russia768
Germany241
Moscow Oblast211
France149
Denmark115
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast77
Thüringen68
Hungary67

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyLappet Moths · Lasiocampidae
GenusTent Caterpillar Moths · Malacosoma

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