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]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Zurobata vacillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

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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).