Biology: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 niviapex Zurobata aequalis; (Walker, 1864) (Walker, 1864) ; (Walker, 1865) Zurobata selenicula; Zurobata irrecta (Snellen, 1880) ; Zurobata inaequalis (Walker, 1865) ; Snellen, 1880 Xanthoptera seleniocula;

Short description: Species of moth

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).