Zurobata vacillans

Zurobata vacillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
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.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan and New Guinea.[3][4]

Caterpillar is unique in having host plants rather than typical green plants. Larva also feeds on fungus on dead leaves, several lichens, Coccoidea.

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pachyrhabda Meyrick, 1897". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Zurobata vacillans Walker". jpmothi. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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