Sceliodes laisalis
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| Sceliodes laisalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Sceliodes[1] |
| Species: | S. laisalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sceliodes 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.[2] 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.[3]
The larvae have been recorded on Solanum melongenum.[5] Other recorded host are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Quand l'Afrique fait du tourisme sous la forme de Sceliodes laisalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ lepiforum.de
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