Biology:Leucinodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Leucinodes
Leucinodes orbonalis.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Lineodini
Genus: Leucinodes
Synonyms
  • Sceliodes Guenée, 1854
  • Daraba Walker, 1859
  • Eretria Snellen, 1880
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897 (misspelling)

Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers.[1][2][3] They are occasionally imported by accident from African and Asian countries and pose medium threats to Solanaceae crops.[4][5]

Species

Leucinodes orbonalis, imago
Leucinodes orbonalis, caterpillar feeding in an eggplant fruit

Former species

  • Leucinodes apicalis Hampson, 1896, currently placed in Analyta
  • Leucinodes aureomarginalis Gaede, 1916, currently placed in Lygropia
  • Leucinodes hemichionalis (Mabille, 1900), currently placed in Syllepte
  • Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917, now considered a synonym of Leucinodes laisalis
  • Leucinodes vagans (Tutt, 1890), currently placed in Syllepte

Taxonomy

Hyperanalyta Strand, 1918 was formerly treated as a synonym of Leucinodes, but was found to be a synonym of Analyta Lederer, 1863.[5]

References

  1. Aina, John Olu (1984). "The biology of Daraba laisalis (Wlk) formerly called Sceliodes laisalis (Wlk) (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), an egg fruit borer". Insect Science and Its Application 5 (6): 513–520. doi:10.1017/s1742758400004963. 
  2. El Shafie, Hamadttu Abdel Farag. (2001). "The use of neem products for sustainable management of homopterous key pests on potato and eggplant in the Sudan." Ph.D. Diss. Justus Liebig University of Giessen. "Archived copy". http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962904511&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=962904511.pdf. 
  3. Kristensen, Niels P. (1999). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Walter de Gruyter. 250.
  4. US Dept. of Agriculture. (2007). "Importation of Eggplant, Solanum melongena, from Ghana into the Entire United States, Including All Territories." p. i.[1]
  5. 5.0 5.1 Mally, Richard; Korycinska, Anastasia; Agassiz, David J. L.; Hall, Jayne; Hodgetts, Jennifer; Nuss, Matthias (2015). "Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". ZooKeys (472): 117–162. doi:10.3897/zookeys.472.8781. PMID 25632252. PMC 4304033. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4535/list/9/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6534038 entry