Leucinodes kenyensis
| Leucinodes kenyensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Leucinodes[1] |
| Species: | L. kenyensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucinodes kenyensis Mally et al., 2015 | |
Leucinodes kenyensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Kenya and possibly Zimbabwe.
The length of the forewings is about 9 mm for both males and females. The wing pattern is as in Leucinodes orbonalis.
The larvae feed on Withania somnifera.
Etymology
The species is named after Kenya, the only country from where it is confidently recorded so far.[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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