Malacosoma castrense

Ground lackey
Larvae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Malacosoma
Species:
M. castrense
Binomial name
Malacosoma castrense
Synonyms
  • Malacosoma castrensis
  • Malacosoma tianshanica Daniel, 1949
  • Phalaena castrensis Linnaeus, 1758

Malacosoma castrense (or Malacosoma castrensis if adopt as original spelling), the ground lackey, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tent caterpillar found in Europe. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The moth's habitats are salt marshes and estuaries.