{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Zermizinga sinuata 1.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Zermizinga | authority = Walker, [1863] }}
'''''Zermizinga''''' is a moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=5 November 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=30996.0 |title=''Zermizinga'' Walker, 1863 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref> Species within this genus include ''Zermizinga sinuata'', the lucerne looper or spider moth, which was described by Warren in 1897, as well as ''Zermizinga indocilisaria'', which was described by Walker in 1863.<ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/zermizinga/ |title=''Zermizinga'' Walker, [1863] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Dugdale1988">{{CiteQ|Q45083134|pages=170}}</ref><ref name="NZIB">{{CiteQ|Q45922947|pages=459}}</ref>
''Z. sinuata'' is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. The larvae of ''Z. sinuata'' feed on Fabaceae species, such as ''Lotus cruentus'' and ''Medicago sativa''. They have also been found on ''Mentha spicata'' and ''Pinus radiata''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=18 March 2018 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/sinuata.html |title=''Zermizinga sinuata'' (Warren, 1897) Lucerne Looper, Spider Moth |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>
''Z. indocilisaria'' is found in New Zealand and is said to be found in Tasmania, Australia.<ref name="Dugdale1988" />
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Category:Boarmiini Category:Moths of Australia Category:Moths of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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