21. Boom & Bust: Eastern Tent Caterpillar R-Selection Characteristics: High reproduction early in life Lots of offspring High mortality Type III Survivorship C Exponential growth in favorable conditions M. americanum Species: Malacosoma Genus: Lasiocampinae Subfamily: Lasiocampidae Family: Lasiocampoidea Superfamily: Macrolepidoptera (unranked) Lepidoptera Order: Insecta Class: Arthropoda Phylum: Animalia Kingdom: