Zurobata vacillans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Zurobata |
Species: | Z. vacillans |
Binomial name | |
Zurobata vacillans (Walker, 1864) | |
Synonyms | |
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Zurobata vacillans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. [1] It is found in the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, [2] Taiwan and New Guinea. [3]
The caterpillar is unusual in having host plants other than typical green plants. The larva feeds on fungus on dead leaves, several lichens and Coccoidea (scale insects).
Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.
Chiasmia normata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa and Asia, from India, Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka. to the Philippines and in Australia.
Brachiolia egenella is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, South Africa and on the Comoros and Mauritius.
Opisina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. Its only species, Opisina arenosella, the coconut black-headed caterpillar, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Daona mansueta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Sumbawa, Seram, New Guinea and Australia.
Radara subcupralis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866.
Hypomecis transcissa is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in the Indian subregion and from Sri Lanka to Sundaland.
Ozola microniaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Avitta quadrilinea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, the Indian subregion, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sri Lanka.
Simplicia bimarginata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Eutelia approximata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka and Sundaland.
Cimitra seclusella is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia and Java.
Ippa recitatella is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Artigisa nigrosignata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo and India.
Sophta ruficeps is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Borneo.
Cophanta funestalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo, New Guinea and Australia.
Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka and the Bismarck Islands.
Selepa discigera is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea and Australia.
Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in African countries like Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe to Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Nola lucidalis is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, the Philippines and Taiwan.
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