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

Leucinodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Lineodini
Genus: Leucinodes
Guenée, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Sceliodes Guenée, 1854
  • Daraba Walker, 1859
  • Eretria Snellen, 1880
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897 (misspelling)

Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers.[2][3][4] They are occasionally imported by accident from African and Asian countries and pose medium threats to Solanaceae crops.[5][6]

Species edit

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

Former species edit

Taxonomy edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 86289532.
  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. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2015-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.[1]
  6. ^ a b 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. PMC 4304033. PMID 25632252.