Zurobata vacillans

Zurobata vacillans
Scientific 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

^ "Species Details: Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Zurobata vacillans Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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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.

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