Zurobata vacillans: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Zurobata
- Species
- Zurobata vacillans
- Scientific Name
- Zurobata vacillans
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zurobata vacillans
Zurobata vacillans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and New Guinea.
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).
...Zurobata vacillans in languages:
- Chinese
- 漾築夜蛾
- Chinese
- 披肩裳蛾
- Japanese
- ウスアカクルマコヤガ
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