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词条 Metanastria hyrtaca
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{{Redirect|Hairy caterpillar|the other moth larva with this common name|Selepa celtis{{!}}Selepa celtis}}{{Taxobox
| image = Metanastria hyrtaca caterpillar in Sri Lanka.jpg
| image_caption = Caterpillar in Sri Lanka
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Lasiocampidae
| genus = Metanastria
| species = M. hyrtaca
| binomial = Metanastria hyrtaca
| binomial_authority = Cramer, 1782
| synonyms =
  • Phalaena hyrtaca Cramer, 1779
  • Bombyx lusca Fabricius, 1787
  • Lebeda repanda Walker, 1855
  • Metanastria laricis Hübner, 1789

}}Metanastria hyrtaca, called the hairy caterpillar as a larva, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1782.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Biology

The adult has a grayish head and thorax and a whitish abdomen. Forewings are brownish with a characteristic reddish-brown spot ringed with white. Hindwings are whitish. Larva yellowish brown with black spots and long lateral tufts of hairs. A reddish band is found in the neck region.[3]

The caterpillar is a serious pest of many economically important crops such as cashew, badam, moringa, sapota, jamun, guava, Vachellia nilotica, Shorea robusta, Schima wallichii, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Mimusops elengi and Madhuca longifolia.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/5e3d964ca66fc5c206369c2cfe70c232 |title=Species Details: Metanastria hyrtaca Cramer, 1782 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=2 March 2018}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757/ |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |via=Academia}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/sapota/sapota_5.html |title=Crop Protection: Pests of Sapota |publisher=TNAU |accessdate=2 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Metanastria-hyrtaca.php |title=Metanastria hyrtaca (Cramer) |publisher=ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources|accessdate=2 March 2018}}
{{Taxonbar |from=Q13847087}}{{Lasiocampidae-stub}}

2 : Moths of Asia|Moths described in 1782

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