| Red hairy caterpillar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amsacta |
| Species: | A. albistriga
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| Binomial name | |
| Amsacta albistriga (Walker, [1865])
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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]
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.
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