Leucinodes laisalis

Leucinodes laisalis
Female, brownish form
Female, grey form
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Leucinodes[1]
Species: L. laisalis
Binomial name
Leucinodes laisalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Megaphysa laisalis Walker, 1859
  • Sceliodes laisalis
  • Daraba laisalis
  • Daraba idmonealis Walker, 1859
  • Hyamia subterminalis Walker, 1866
  • Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917[2]
  • Sceliodes translucidalis

Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Réunion, Niger, the Gambia and South Africa, as well as Australia, India, Malaysia, China and Morocco.[3] It has also been recorded from Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom where it is either a migrant or imported with tomatoes, the larval host plant.[4] The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.

Early-instar larva
Late-instar larva
Pupa

The wingspan is 20–34 mm.[5] Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange to grey brown.[6]

The larvae have been recorded on Solanum melongenum.[7] Other recorded hosts are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, bd. 8 (1915–17), p.398
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Quand l'Afrique fait du tourisme sous la forme de Sceliodes laisalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
  5. ↑ UKMoths
  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.
  7. ↑ Lepiforum.de


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