Sceliodes

Sceliodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sceliodes^[1] Guenée, 1854^[2]
Synonyms
Daraba Walker, 1859 Eretria Snellen, 1880

Sceliodes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.

Sceliodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borer^[3]^[4]^[5], posing medium threats to incoming crops from African nations^[6].

Species

^ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=26362.0. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ Aina, J.O. (1984). "The biology of Daraba laisalis (Wlk) formerly called Sceliodes laisalis (Wlk) (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), an egg fruit borer." Insect Science and its Application 5: 513-520.
^ El Shafie, Hamadttu Abdel Farag. (2001). "The use of neem products for sustainable management of homopterous key pests on potato and eggplant in the Sudan." Ph.D. Diss. Justus Liebig University of Giessen. [1]
^ Kristensen, Niels P. (1999). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Walter de Gruyter. 250.
^ US Dept. of Agriculture. (2007). "Importation of Eggplant, Solanum melongena, from Ghana into the Entire United States, Including All Territories." p. i.[2]