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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

*'' Leucinodes africensis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes bilinealis'' 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'' (Hampson, 1891) *'' Leucinodes erosialis'' Pagenstecher, 1884 *'' Leucinodes ethiopica'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes grisealis'' (Kenrick, 1912) *'' Leucinodes kenyensis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes labefactalis'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Leucinodes laisalis'' (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'' Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 *'' Leucinodes pseudorbonalis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes raondry'' (Viette, 1981) *'' Leucinodes rimavallis'' Mally et al., 2015 *'' Leucinodes sigulalis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Leucinodes ugandensis'' 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'' (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 laisalis'' *'' Leucinodes vagans'' (Tutt, 1890), currently placed in ''

Taxonomy

'' Hyperanalyta'' 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