| malacosoma | (n) tent caterpillars, Syn. genus Malacosoma |
| forest tent caterpillar | (n) larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees, Syn. Malacosoma disstria |
| tent-caterpillar moth | (n) moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets, Syn. Malacosoma disstria |
| tent-caterpillar moth | (n) moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars, Syn. Malacosoma americana |