Metanastria hyrtaca
| Metanastria hyrtaca | |
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| Caterpillar in Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lasiocampidae |
| Genus: | Metanastria |
| Species: | M. hyrtaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Metanastria hyrtaca Cramer, 1782
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Metanastria hyrtaca, called the hairy caterpillar as a larva, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1782. It is found in Sri Lanka.