Amsacta albistriga, the red hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern India, where it has been recorded feeding on finger millet and sorghum.[1]
amsacta, albistriga, hairy, caterpillar, moth, family, erebidae, found, southern, india, where, been, recorded, feeding, finger, millet, sorghum, hairy, caterpillarscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorde. Amsacta albistriga the red hairy caterpillar is a moth of the family Erebidae It is found in southern India where it has been recorded feeding on finger millet and sorghum 1 Red hairy caterpillarScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily ErebidaeSubfamily ArctiinaeGenus AmsactaSpecies A albistrigaBinomial nameAmsacta albistriga Walker 1865 SynonymsAloa albistriga Walker 1865 The wingspan is 40 50 mm 1 6 2 0 in The larvae defoliate various agricultural crops After about thirty to forty days of feeding the larvae burrow into the soil to pupate References edit Kalaisekar A 2017 Insect pests of millets systematics bionomics and management London Elsevier ISBN 978 0 12 804243 4 OCLC 967265246 External links editSpecies info nbsp This Spilosomina related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amsacta albistriga amp oldid 1060230725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
