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
<i>Clisiocampa vulpes</i> Hampson, 1900 (junior subjective synonym of <i>Malacosoma prima</i> (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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