Zurobata vacillans

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Zurobata vacillans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Zurobata
Species:
Z. vacillans
Binomial name
Zurobata vacillans
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Zurobata aequalis(Walker, 1864)
  • Zurobata inaequalis(Walker, 1864)
  • Zurobata irrecta(Walker, 1865)
  • Zurobata niviapex(Walker, 1865)
  • Zurobata selenicula(Snellen, 1880)
  • Xanthoptera selenioculaSnellen, 1880

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).

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References

  1. "Species Details: Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. "Zurobata vacillans Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.