Leucinodes

Leucinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Leucinodes
Synonyms
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897
  • Sceliodes Guenée, 1854
  • Daraba Walker, 1859
  • Eretria Snellen, 1880
  • Leuctinodes South, 1897

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

Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers,[2][3][4] posing medium threats to incoming crops from African nations.[5]

Species

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]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  2. Aina, J.O. (1984). "The biology of Daraba laisalis (Wlk) formerly called Sceliodes laisalis (Wlk) (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), an egg fruit borer". Insect Science and its Application 5: 513-520.
  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.
  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.
  6. 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.


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