Zurobata vacillans

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]

Zurobata vacillans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 seleniocula Snellen, 1880

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).

References
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  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.


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