Leucinodes ugandensis
| Leucinodes ugandensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Leucinodes[1] |
| Species: | L. ugandensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucinodes ugandensis Mally et al., 2015 | |
Leucinodes ugandensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda.
The length of the forewings is 6.5–11.5 mm for both males and females. The forewings are pale fuscous with an oblique brown partial fascia halfway, with white markings on either side. There is an orange triangle on the dorsum beyond halfway and the apex is deep brown, separated by a whitish line. The hindwings are whitish, fuscous suffused near the margin in the middle and towards the apex and with a faint subterminal line in the costal part of the wing.
The larvae feed on Solanum species.
Etymology
The species name refers to Uganda, where the type specimens originate.[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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