Malacosoma alpicolum (also, M. alpicola) is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, the snout moths. It is native to the southern and central Alps.

Malacosoma alpicolum
Malacosoma alpicolum - Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Malacosoma
Species:	M. alpicolum
Binomial name
Malacosoma alpicolum Staudinger, 1870

The wingspan is 18–34 mm. The moth flies from July to August.

The larvae feed on various plants, including roses, common blackberry, Alchemilla alpina, Potentilla aurea, Filipendula ulmaria, and Euphorbia cyparissias.

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  Larva
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  Both sides of male specimen MHNT

Subspecies

• Malacosoma alpicolum alpicolum
• Malacosoma alpicolum mixtum (Morocco)Rothschild, 1925

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