Leucinodes africensis
| Leucinodes africensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Leucinodes[1] |
| Species: | L. africensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucinodes africensis Mally et al., 2015 | |
Leucinodes africensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria), Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Tanzania. It has been intercepted with plant imports from Ghana and Zimbabwe to Great Britain and the Netherlands.
Mid instar larva
Late instar larva
Pupa
The length of the forewings is 7.5–10.5 mm for males and 7–11.5 mm for females. The wing pattern is as in Leucinodes orbonalis.
The larvae feed on Solanum aethiopicum, Solanum lycopersicon and Solanum melongena.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the continent of Africa from where the type material originates and refers to the widespread distribution of the species on the African continent.[2]
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)
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