Leucinodes

Leucinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Leucinodes Guenée, 1854[1]
Synonyms
Leuctinodes South, 1897 Sceliodes Guenée, 1854 Daraba Walker, 1859 Eretria Snellen, 1880 Leuctinodes South, 1897

Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.

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

Species

• Leucinodes africensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes bilinealis Snellen, 1899
• Leucinodes cordalis (Doubleday, 1843)
• Leucinodes diaphana (Hampson, 1891)
• Leucinodes erosialis Pagenstecher, 1884
• Leucinodes ethiopica Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes grisealis (Kenrick, 1912)
• Leucinodes kenyensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes labefactalis Swinhoe, 1904
• Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Leucinodes malawiensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes melanopalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes perlucidalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
• Leucinodes pseudorbonalis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes raondry (Viette, 1981)
• Leucinodes rimavallis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes sigulalis Guenée, 1854
• Leucinodes ugandensis Mally et al., 2015
• Leucinodes unilinealis Snellen, 1899

Former species

• Leucinodes apicalis Hampson, 1896
• Leucinodes aureomarginalis Gaede, 1916
• Leucinodes hemichionalis (Mabille, 1900)
• Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917
• Leucinodes vagans (Tutt, 1890)

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. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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.
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. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)