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Malacosoma americanum(MALAAM)

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Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Malus coronaria (MABCO) Major host 
* Blatt SE, Knox DA, Harmsen R (2000) Apple or cherry? Host selection quandary for the eastern tent caterpillar. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 131, 123-131.
Prunus pensylvanica (PRNPE) Major host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts

* Waage JK, Bergelson JM (1985) Differential Use of Pin and Black Cherry by the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum Fab. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). American Midland Naturalist 113(1), 45-55.
Prunus serotina (PRNSO) Major host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts

* Stehr FW, Cook EF (1968) A revision of the genus Malacosoma Hubner in North America (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): Systematics, biology, immatures and parasites. United States National Museum Bulletin 276. 321 pp.

* Waage JK, Bergelson JM (1985) Differential Use of Pin and Black Cherry by the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum Fab. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). American Midland Naturalist 113(1), 45-55.
Prunus virginiana (PRNVG) Major host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts

* Waage JK, Bergelson JM (1985) Differential Use of Pin and Black Cherry by the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum Fab. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). American Midland Naturalist 113(1), 45-55.
Acer rubrum (ACRRB) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Acer saccharum (ACRSC) Host 
* Lassoie JP, Luzadis VA, Grover DW (1996) Forest Trees of the Northeast. Cornell Cooperative Extension Information Bulletin No. 235. 227 pp.
------- as sugar maple, feeding host
Alnus (1ALUG) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Amelanchier (1AMEG) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Amelanchier canadensis (AMECA) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
Berberis vulgaris (BEBVU) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Betula alleghaniensis (BETAL) Host 
* Lassoie JP, Luzadis VA, Grover DW (1996) Forest Trees of the Northeast. Cornell Cooperative Extension Information Bulletin No. 235. 227 pp.
------- as yellow birch, occasional feeding host
Betula papyrifera (BETPA) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Betula populifolia (BETPO) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
Carpinus caroliniana (CIPCA) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
Carya illinoinensis (CYAIL) Host 
* Dixon WN, Foltz JL (1991) Caterpillars that are not the gypsy moth caterpillar. Some forest Lepidoptera in Florida (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae). Entomology Circular Gainesville No. 344. FDACS, Gainesville, USA.
Chaenomeles lagenaria (CNMSP) Host 
* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts
Corylus (1CYLG) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Crataegus (1CSCG) Host 
* Blatt SE, Knox DA, Harmsen R (2000) Apple or cherry? Host selection quandary for the eastern tent caterpillar. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 131, 123-131.

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts

INTERNET
* Simisky T, Pagan L (2024) Eastern Tent Caterpillar. Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. University of Massachusetts, Amherts. https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/eastern-tent-caterpillar
Fagus grandifolia (FAUGR) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Fraxinus americana (FRXAM) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Fraxinus excelsior (FRXEX) Host 
* EPPO/CABI (1996) Malacosoma americanum. pp. 388-391. In: Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition) – Data Sheets on quarantine pests for the European Union and for the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.  CABI, Wallingford (GB), 1425 pp

------- probably feeding host only
Hamamelis (1HAMG) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
------- as witch-hazel (the common name may refer to different species)
Liquidambar styraciflua (LIQST) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Malus (1MABG) Host 
* Bieman DN, Witter JA (1981) Differences in Emergence Date and Size Between the Sexes of Malacosoma Americanum the Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist, 14(1), 51-53.

* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts
Malus domestica (MABSD) Host 
* Blatt SE, Knox DA, Harmsen R (2000) Apple or cherry? Host selection quandary for the eastern tent caterpillar. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 131, 123-131.
------- as Malus pumila
Nyssa sylvatica (NYSSY) Host 
* Johnson WT, Lyon HH (1988) Insects that feed on trees and shrubs (2nd edition). Comstock, Ithaca, USA.
------- as blackgum. feeding
Ostrya virginiana (OSTVI) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
Populus balsamifera (POPBA) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Populus grandidentata (POPGR) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Prunus (1PRNG) Host 
* Blatt SE, Knox DA, Harmsen R (2000) Apple or cherry? Host selection quandary for the eastern tent caterpillar. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 131, 123-131.

* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
------- as 'other species of cherry and plum'

* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts
Prunus domestica (PRNDO) Host 
INTERNET
* Simisky T, Pagan L (2024) Eastern Tent Caterpillar. Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. University of Massachusetts, Amherts. https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/eastern-tent-caterpillar
Prunus persica (PRNPS) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
------- feeding
Quercus alba (QUEAL) Host 
* Rieske LK (2004) Age-Specific Host Utilization in the Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Journal of Entomological Science 39(1), 94-100.
------- feeding host
Quercus rubra (QUERU) Host 
INTERNET
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants). Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a

------- Probably feeding host only
Rosa (1ROSG) Host 
* Britton WE (1935) The eastern tent caterpillar. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 378, 65-82.
Salix (1SAXG) Host 
* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts
Sorbus americana (SOUAM) Host 
* Fitzgerald TD (1995) The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, USA.
------- listed amongst ovipositional hosts
Tilia americana (TILAM) Host 
* EPPO/CABI (1996) Malacosoma americanum. pp. 388-391. In: Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition) – Data Sheets on quarantine pests for the European Union and for the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.  CABI, Wallingford (GB), 1425 pp

------- probably feeding host only
Ulmus thomasii (ULMTH) Host 
* EPPO/CABI (1996) Malacosoma americanum. pp. 388-391. In: Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition) – Data Sheets on quarantine pests for the European Union and for the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.  CABI, Wallingford (GB), 1425 pp

------- probably feeding host only