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The Identity of Malacosoma fragile (Stretch) and M. lutescens (N. & D.) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. N. Freeman
T. N. Freeman
Affiliation:
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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A species of tent caterpillar which occurs in the prairie region of Canada, from southern Manitoba west to the foot-hills of Alberta, and which often occurs as a pest on rose, cherry, and gooseberry has been referred to as Malacosoma fragilis (Stretch) (properly fragile). In 1881, Stretch described fragile from Virginia City, Nevada, and an examination of Stretch's type in the American Museum of Natural History showed that this species possesses a grey ground colour and in this respect is quite unlike the fawn-coloured species from the Canadian prairie.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 81 , Issue 9 , September 1949 , pp. 233
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1949

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