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Zurobata vacillans

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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

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

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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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ "Zurobata vacillans Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.