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s 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 and pose medium threats to

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Species

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Leucinodes africensis ''Leucinodes africensis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in West Africa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria), Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Tanzania. It has been intercepted with plant import ...

'' Mally et al., 2015 *''

Leucinodes bilinealis ''Leucinodes bilinealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1899. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the wor ...

'' Snellen, 1899 *''

Leucinodes cordalis ''Leucinodes cordalis'', the Solanum aviculare, poroporo fruit borer or eggfruit caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia (Sulawesi). In Australia, it has been reported from No ...

'' (Doubleday, 1843) *''

Leucinodes diaphana ''Leucinodes diaphana'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country ...

'' (Hampson, 1891) *'' Leucinodes erosialis'' Pagenstecher, 1884 *'' Leucinodes ethiopica'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes grisealis'' (Kenrick, 1912) *''

Leucinodes kenyensis ''Leucinodes kenyensis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Kenya and possibly Zimbabwe. The species was described by Richard Mally, Anastasia Korycinska, David J. L. Agassiz, Jayne Hall, Jennifer Hodgetts and Matthias N ...

'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes labefactalis'' Swinhoe, 1904 *''

Leucinodes laisalis ''Leucinodes laisalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The wingspan is 20–34 mm. Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange to grey brown. Distribution It is mainly distributed in Afr ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Leucinodes malawiensis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes melanopalis'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Leucinodes orbonalis ''Leucinodes orbonalis'', the eggplant fruit and shoot borer or brinjal fruit and shoot borer, is a moth species in the genus '' Leucinodes'' described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its native distribution is in the tropical and subtropical parts o ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Leucinodes perlucidalis ''Leucinodes perlucidalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1933. It is found in Guangdong, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the wor ...

'' Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 *'' Leucinodes pseudorbonalis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes raondry'' (Viette, 1981) *'' Leucinodes rimavallis'' Mally et al., 2015 *''

Leucinodes sigulalis ''Leucinodes sigulalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest count ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Leucinodes ugandensis ''Leucinodes ugandensis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is t ...

'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes unilinealis'' Snellen, 1899

Former species

*'' Leucinodes apicalis'' Hampson, 1896, currently placed in ''

Analyta ''Analyta'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems wh ...

'' *'' Leucinodes aureomarginalis'' Gaede, 1916, currently placed in '' Lygropia'' *''

Leucinodes hemichionalis ''Syllepte hemichionalis'' is a moth species in the genus '' Leucinodes'' of the family of Crambidae. It is found in Madagascar and on the Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' i ...

'' (Mabille, 1900), currently placed in ''

Syllepte ''Syllepte'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems ...

'' *'' Leucinodes translucidalis'' Gaede, 1917, now considered a synonym of ''

'' *'' Leucinodes vagans'' (Tutt, 1890), currently placed in ''

Taxonomy

Hyperanalyta ''Analyta'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Analyta apicalis'' Hampson, 1896 *''Analyta albicillalis'' Lederer, 1863 *''Analyta beaulaincourti'' Rougeot, 1977 *''Analyta calligrammalis'' Mabille, 1879 *''Analyta gammalis'' ...

'' Strand, 1918 was formerly treated as a synonym of ''Leucinodes'', but was found to be a synonym of ''

'' Lederer, 1863.

References

Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Spilomelinae-stub