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Leucinodes
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Leucinodes

Guenée, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897
  • Sceliodes Guenée, 1854
  • Daraba Walker, 1859
  • Eretria Snellen, 1880
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897

Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.

Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borer,[2][3][4] posing medium threats to incoming crops from African nations.[5]

Species

Former species

Taxonomy

Hyperanalyta Strand, 1918 was formerly treated as a synonym of Leucinodes, but was found to be a synonym of Analyta Lederer, 1863.[6]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ^ Aina, J.O. (1984). "The biology of Daraba laisalis (Wlk) formerly called Sceliodes laisalis (Wlk) (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), an egg fruit borer." Insect Science and its Application 5: 513-520.
  3. ^ 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. [1]
  4. ^ Kristensen, Niels P. (1999). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Walter de Gruyter. 250.
  5. ^ US Dept. of Agriculture. (2007). "Importation of Eggplant, Solanum melongena, from Ghana into the Entire United States, Including All Territories." p. i.[2]
  6. ^ Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)