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Leucinodes ugandensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leucinodes

Leucinodes ugandensis

Leucinodes ugandensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda.

The length of the forewings is 6.5–11.5 mm for both males and females. The forewings are pale fuscous with an oblique brown partial fascia halfway, with white markings on either side. There is an orange triangle on the dorsum beyond halfway and the apex is deep brown, separated by a whitish line. The hindwings are whitish, fuscous suffused near the margin in the middle and towards the apex and with a faint subterminal line in the costal part of the wing.

The larvae feed on Solanum species.

Etymology

The species name refers to Uganda, where the type specimens originate.

References

Leucinodes ugandensis Wikipedia