Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leucinodes | |
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Similar Leucinodes africensis, Hodebertia, Leucinodes cordalis, Syllepte, Patania balteata | ||
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. 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.
The wingspan is 20–34 mm. Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange- to grey-brown.
The larvae have been recorded on Solanum melongenum. Other recorded host are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.
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