| 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) | |
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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).
