Leucinodes laisalis

Leucinodes laisalis
Female brownish form
Female grey form
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Leucinodes[1]
Species: L. laisalis
Binomial name
Leucinodes laisalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Megaphysa laisalis Walker, 1859
  • Sceliodes laisalis
  • Daraba laisalis
  • Daraba idmonealis Walker, 1859
  • Hyamia subterminalis Walker, 1866
  • Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917[2]
  • Sceliodes translucidalis

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.[3] 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.[4]

Early instar larva
Late instar larva
Pupa

The wingspan is 20–34 mm.[5] Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange- to grey-brown.[6]

The larvae have been recorded on Solanum melongenum.[7] Other recorded host are Solanum macrocarpon, Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ↑ (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, bd. 8 (1915–17), p.398
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ Quand l'Afrique fait du tourisme sous la forme de Sceliodes laisalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
  5. ↑ UKmoths
  6. ↑ Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)
  7. ↑ lepiforum.de


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