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Common Name:
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Tribe:
Species:
Malacosoma americanum

Hodges No: 7701

Location:
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 6/11/10

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: (Bioblitz)

Malacosoma americanum Lasiocampidae
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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