Leucinodes kenyensis
TaxID: 1565258
Basic Information
Leucinodes kenyensis
Eggplant Fruit Borers
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 Nuss in 2015. The length of the forewings is about 9 mm for both males and females. The wing pattern is as in Leucinodes orbonalis. The larvae feed on Withania somnifera.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Leucinodes
kenyensis
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Lepidoptera;f__Crambidae;g__Leucinodes;s__Leucinodes kenyensis
Arthropods
Photos (2 photos)
Morphological Features
Adult. Forewing ground colour predominantly white, with apical half moon-shaped patch; basal transversal streak absent. Wing pattern indistinguishable from several congeners. Frons less strongly bulged than in Leucinodes orbonalis. Female genitalia with an anteriad triangular process on each side of sternite 8 extending into lateral antrum pockets; exocuticle of anterior antrum forms a sclerotized tube.
Plazi taxonomic treatment
Host Plants (1 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Withania somnifera | Host |
Quarantine Status (0 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
No quarantine status records available.
Distribution (2 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
Genomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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