NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Lasiocampini
  Subfamily - Lasiocampinae
  Family - Lasiocampidae
  Superfamily - Lasiocampoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Malacosoma americanum
      Species - Malacosoma disstria
      Species - Malacosoma californicum
      Species - Malacosoma constrictum
      Species - Malacosoma incurvum
      Species - Malacosoma tigris