Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leucinodes | |
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Similar Leucinodes laisalis, Leucinodes orbonalis, Spilomelinae, Crambidae | ||
Leucinodes africensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria), Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Tanzania. It has been intercepted with plant imports from Ghana and Zimbabwe to Great Britain and the Netherlands.
The length of the forewings is 7.5–10.5 mm for males and 7–11.5 mm for females. The wing pattern is as in Leucinodes orbonalis.
The larvae feed on Solanum aethiopicum, Solanum lycopersicon and Solanum melongena.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the continent of Africa from where the type material originates and refers to the widespread distribution of the species on the African continent.
References
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