Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea
Family
Lasiocampidae
Subfamily
Lasiocampinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Lasiocampinii
Genus
Malacosoma Hübner, [1820] 1816
Type Species
Bombyx franconica Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Species/Subspecies
Malacosoma robertsi de Lajonquière, 1972
Type Locality
Sonmarg, Kashmir
Remarks
Clisiocampa vulpes Hampson, 1900 (junior subjective synonym of Malacosoma prima (Staudinger, 1887)) is reported from Chitral (part of Pakistan) and not from northern India as erroneously mentioned by Zolotuhin (1998).
Distribution
Specific Records
Srinagar, Sonmarg, Gulmarg, Spiti, Ladakh
States/Union Territories
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya
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