Malacosoma disstria
Forest Tent Caterpillar
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lasiocampidae
- Genus
- Malacosoma
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Lasiocampidae | Malacosoma
External: GBIF #5101763
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Malacosoma disstria.
herbivory 3 claims
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Populus tremuloides (American Aspen) · effect: harmful
“the forest tent caterpillar significantly reduced the growth of the aspen”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Populus tremuloides (American Aspen) · effect: harmful
“forest tent caterpillar significantly reduced the growth of the aspen”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Populus tremuloides (American Aspen) · effect: harmful
“forest tent caterpillar significantly reduced the growth of the aspen”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
biocontrol 9
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185167856
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185167859
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115026928
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272295164
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185103511
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria Clare, E. L., W. O. Symondson & H. Broders. 2014. The diet of Myotis lucifugus across Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability. Molecular Ecology 23 (15): 3618-3632.
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128368062
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350350567
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171681073
flower visitor 15
- GloBI visits Cornus sericea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291099645
- GloBI visits Malus fusca https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285531355
- GloBI visits Aralia nudicaulis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229574565
- GloBI visits Fraxinus americana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218925924
- GloBI visits Holodiscus discolor https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285531089
- GloBI visits Kalmia latifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215582996
- GloBI visits Populus trichocarpa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283446622
- GloBI visits Prunus virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45339510
- GloBI visits Quercus garryana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280922244
- GloBI visits Quercus muehlenbergii https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214368950
- GloBI visits Quercus robur https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285530076
- GloBI visits Rubus parviflorus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286929613
- GloBI visits Salix hookeriana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285530676
- GloBI visits Symphoricarpos orbiculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214373224
- GloBI visits Vaccinium corymbosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287706370
pest pressure 3
- GloBI hasHost Acer saccharum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3302917
- GloBI hasHost Fagus grandifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1516252
- GloBI hasHost Quercus virginiana Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
pollination 18
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus virginiana https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631404
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus serotina https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631397
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus rubra https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631393
- GloBI interactsWith Liquidambar styraciflua https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112292701
- GloBI interactsWith Acer saccharum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3302917
- GloBI interactsWith Fagus grandifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1516252
- GloBI interactsWith Malus domestica https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631388
- GloBI interactsWith Betula papyrifera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6681352
- GloBI interactsWith Carya alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354301806
- GloBI interactsWith Holodiscus discolor https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165840024
- GloBI interactsWith Ostrya virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196436060
- GloBI interactsWith Fraxinus caroliniana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270315149
- GloBI interactsWith Populus grandidentata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120584008
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus persica var. nucipersica https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3391527
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26011231
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104072261
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus falcata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347238991
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus velutina https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197741298
attractant 29
- GloBI visits Cornus sericea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291099645
- GloBI visits Malus fusca https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285531355
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus serotina https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631397
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus rubra https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631393
- GloBI interactsWith Liquidambar styraciflua https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112292701
- GloBI visits Aralia nudicaulis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229574565
- GloBI visits Fraxinus americana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218925924
- GloBI visits Holodiscus discolor https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285531089
- GloBI visits Kalmia latifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215582996
- GloBI visits Populus trichocarpa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283446622
- GloBI visits Prunus virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45339510
- GloBI visits Quercus garryana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280922244
- GloBI visits Quercus muehlenbergii https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214368950
- GloBI visits Quercus robur https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285530076
- GloBI visits Rubus parviflorus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286929613
- GloBI visits Salix hookeriana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285530676
- GloBI visits Symphoricarpos orbiculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214373224
- GloBI visits Vaccinium corymbosum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287706370
- GloBI interactsWith Betula papyrifera https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6681352
- GloBI interactsWith Carya alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354301806
- GloBI interactsWith Holodiscus discolor https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165840024
- GloBI interactsWith Ostrya virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196436060
- GloBI interactsWith Fraxinus caroliniana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270315149
- GloBI interactsWith Populus grandidentata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120584008
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus persica var. nucipersica https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3391527
- GloBI interactsWith Prunus virginiana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26011231
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104072261
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus falcata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347238991
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus velutina https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197741298
biocontrol 9
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185167856
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185167859
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115026928
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272295164
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185103511
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria Clare, E. L., W. O. Symondson & H. Broders. 2014. The diet of Myotis lucifugus across Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability. Molecular Ecology 23 (15): 3618-3632.
- GloBI eats Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128368062
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350350567
- GloBI preysOn Malacosoma disstria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171681073
crop interaction 7
- GloBI hasHost Acer saccharum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3302917
- GloBI interactsWith Quercus virginiana https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631404
- GloBI hasHost Fagus grandifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1516252
- GloBI interactsWith Acer saccharum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3302917
- GloBI interactsWith Fagus grandifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1516252
- GloBI interactsWith Malus domestica https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2631388
- GloBI hasHost Quercus virginiana Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI