Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers. They are occasionally imported by accident from African and Asian countries to North America and Europe and pose medium threats to Solanaceae crops.
Species
- Leucinodes africensis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes bilinealis <small>Snellen, 1899</small>
- Leucinodes cordalis <small>(Doubleday, 1843)</small>
- Leucinodes diaphana <small>(Hampson, 1891)</small>
- Leucinodes erosialis <small>Pagenstecher, 1884</small>
- Leucinodes ethiopica <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes grisealis <small>(Kenrick, 1912)</small>
- Leucinodes kenyensis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes labefactalis <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Leucinodes laisalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Leucinodes malawiensis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes melanopalis <small>Guenée, 1854</small>
- Leucinodes orbonalis <small>Guenée, 1854</small>
- Leucinodes perlucidalis <small>Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Leucinodes pseudorbonalis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes raondry <small>(Viette, 1981)</small>
- Leucinodes rimavallis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes sigulalis <small>Guenée, 1854</small>
- Leucinodes ugandensis <small>Mally et al., 2015</small>
- Leucinodes unilinealis <small>Snellen, 1899</small>
Former species
- Leucinodes apicalis <small>Hampson, 1896</small>, currently placed in Analyta
- Leucinodes aureomarginalis <small>Gaede, 1916</small>, currently placed in Lygropia
- Leucinodes hemichionalis <small>(Mabille, 1900)</small>, currently placed in Syllepte
- Leucinodes translucidalis <small>Gaede, 1917</small>, now considered a synonym of Leucinodes laisalis
- Leucinodes vagans <small>(Tutt, 1890)</small>, currently placed in Syllepte
Taxonomy
Hyperanalyta <small>Strand, 1918</small> was formerly treated as a synonym of Leucinodes, but was found to be a synonym of Analyta <small>Lederer, 1863</small>.
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