Neoleucinodes prophetica

Neoleucinodes prophetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neoleucinodes
Species: N. prophetica
Binomial name
Neoleucinodes prophetica
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Leucinodes elegantalis var. prophetica Dyar, 1914
  • Leucinodes minimalis Amsel, 1956

Neoleucinodes prophetica, the potato tree borer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1914.[1] It is found in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).[2] It is also present in southern Florida.[3]

The length of the forewings is 8.5-10.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Solanum umbellatum and Solanum erianthum. They bore in the fruit of their host plant.[4]

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