genus Malacosoma

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Malacosoma - tent caterpillars Malacosomaarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet mothsMalacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth - moth whose larvae are tent caterpillarstent caterpillar - the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade treestent-caterpillar moth, Malacosoma disstria - moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets