Leucinodes

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

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Crambidae
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Leucinodes
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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)
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Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers.[2][3][4] They are occasionally imported by accident from African and Asian countries to North America and Europe and pose medium threats to Solanaceae crops.[5][6]

Species

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

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]

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