Leucinodes laisalis

TaxID: 1565262

Basic Information

Leucinodes laisalis

African Tomato Pearl, Brown Tipped Pearl

Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described as Megaphysa laisalis by Francis Walker based on material collected in the Cape Province of South Africa. The wingspan is 20 C34 mm. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism, with females being somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange to grey brown.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Leucinodes

laisalis

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Johan Heyns@BY-NC
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(c) Marion Maclean@BY-NC
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(c) Marion Maclean@BY-NC
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(c) Henry de Lange@BY
Leucinodes laisalis
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(c) Henry de Lange@BY

Morphological Features

Adult. Forewing length 7.0–11.5 mm, females somewhat larger. Forewing ground colour orange-brown to grey-brown, with the general Sceliodes wing pattern; distinguished from most other Leucinodes by the orange-brown to greyish forewing colour, and from Leucinodes ethiopica by the generally darker forewing colour with less white. Tibial spurs 0, 2, 4, with outer spur 2/3 the length of inner spur. Older specimens often have darkened abdomen due to degeneration of abdominal fat body. Abdominal D1 pinacula often smaller than those of Leucinodes orbonalis and Leucinodes africensis, and lack dark spots or unpigmented areas.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
Citation:

Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (6 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (0 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

No quarantine status records available.

Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

17
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Botswana Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Czechia Absent —
Spain Present —
Ethiopia Present —
France Present —
Ghana Present —
Kenya Present —
Morocco Present —
Mozambique Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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