Leucinodes laisalis explained

Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.

The wingspan is 20–34 mm.[1] Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange to grey brown.[2]

Distribution

It is mainly distributed in Africa, where it is known Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania.[3] It has also been recorded from Belgium, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, which probably do not represent native occurrences of the species but rather unintended introductions along with imports of tomatoes and other Solanaceae, the species' host plants.[2] [4] [5]

Larval food plants

The larvae exclusively feed on the fruits of Solanaceae. Their recorded host plants are Solanum anguivi, Solanum incanum, Solanum linnaeanum, Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum melongena, Lycopersicon esculentum and Capsicum annuum.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1412 UKMoths
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859) . Afromoths . December 15, 2019.
  4. Book: Speidel, Wolfgang . 1996 . Karsholt . Ole . Razowski . Józef . The Lepidoptera of Europe. A distributional checklist . Apollo Books, Stenstrup . Pyraloidea (part) . 166–183, 187–196, 319–327 . 9788788757019.
  5. Huertas Dionisio . M. . 2000 . Immature states of Lepidoptera (XIII). Three species of tropical origin of the subfamily Pyraustinae Meyrick, 1890: (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) . Shilap. Revista de Lepidopterologia . 28 . 111 . 321–334.
  6. Web site: Hayden . James E. . Lee . Sangmi . Passoa . Steven C. . Young . James . Landry . Jean-François . Nazari . Vazrick . Mally . Richard . Somma . Louis A. . Ahlmark . Kurt M. . 2013 . Digital Identification of Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae. . USDA-APHIS-PPQ Identification Technology Program (ITP), Fort Collins, CO, USA . 2019-11-25.

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