Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Leucinodes | |
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Leucinodes rimavallis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Burundi, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.
The length of the forewings is 8.5–12 mm for males and 7–14 mm for females. The wing pattern is as in Leucinodes orbonalis.
The larvae feed on Solanum melongena and Withania somnifera.
Etymology
The species name refers to the African Rift Valley, the main distributional area of this species and is derived from Latin rima (meaning rift) and vallis (meaning valley).
References
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