Malacosoma parallela (mountain ring silk moth)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Malacosoma parallela (Staudinger)

Preferred Common Name

• mountain ring silk moth

EPPO code

• MALAPA (Malacosoma parallela)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Lasiocampidae
•                             Genus: Malacosoma
•                                 Species: Malacosoma parallela

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

===, 2005. Malacosoma parallela. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin, 35(3):431-433. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=epp

CABI/EPPO, 2004. Malacosoma parallela. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 664. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Degtyareva VI, 1964. [The Main Lepidopteran Pests of Trees and Shrubs of the Central Part of Gissar Mountain Ridge and Gissar valley.] Izdatel’stvo Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR, Dushanbe (TJ) (in Russian).

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Grechkin VP, 1956. [Important species of pests of mountain forests of Tajikistan.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 35: 1476-1492 (in Russian).

Maslov AD, 1988. Guide on Forest Protection against Pests and Diseases. Moscow, "Agropromizdat" (in Russian).

Romanenko KE, 1981. Pests of field protecting forest plantations in Kirgizia. Frunze, "Ilim" (in Russian).

Sarkissyan RA, 1972. [Population Dynamics of Euproctis chrysorrhoea and Malacosoma parallela in the Zangezur Mountains of the Armenian SSR.] Candidate thesis, Erevan, Armenia (in Russian).

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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