Leucinodes laisalis
| Leucinodes laisalis | |
|---|---|
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| Female brownish form | |
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| 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 | |
Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in La Réunion, Niger, 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]
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 host are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, bd. 8 (1915–17), p.398
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Quand l'Afrique fait du tourisme sous la forme de Sceliodes laisalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)
- ↑ lepiforum.de
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