Leucinodes Explained

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]

Species

• Leucinodes africensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes bilinealis Snellen, 1899
• Leucinodes cordalis (Doubleday, 1843)
• Leucinodes diaphana (Hampson, 1891)
• Leucinodes erosialis Pagenstecher, 1884
• Leucinodes ethiopica Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes grisealis (Kenrick, 1912)
• Leucinodes kenyensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes labefactalis Swinhoe, 1904
• Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Leucinodes malawiensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes melanopalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes perlucidalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
• Leucinodes pseudorbonalis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes raondry (Viette, 1981)
• Leucinodes rimavallis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes sigulalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes ugandensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes unilinealis Snellen, 1899

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]

Notes and 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 . 10.1017/s1742758400004963. 86289532 .
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. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324233418/http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962904511&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=962904511.pdf . 2012-03-24 .
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.http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=090000648026a16f
5. 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 . 10.3897/zookeys.472.8781. 4304033 . 25632252. free .