Leucinodes laisalis
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| Species: | L. laisalis
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| Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
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Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in La Réunion, Niger, Gambia and South Africa, as well as Australia, India, Malaysia, China and Morocco.[3] It has also been recorded from Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom where it is either a migrant or imported with tomatoes, the larval host plant.[4]
The wingspan is 20–34 mm.[5] Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange- to grey-brown.[6]
The larvae have been recorded on Solanum melongenum.[7] Other recorded host are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.
References
- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ^ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, bd. 8 (1915–17), p.398
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Quand l'Afrique fait du tourisme sous la forme de Sceliodes laisalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)
- ^ lepiforum.de
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