Neoleucinodes prophetica
Neoleucinodes prophetica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Neoleucinodes |
Species: | N. prophetica |
Binomial name | |
Neoleucinodes prophetica (Dyar, 1914) | |
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Neoleucinodes prophetica, the potato tree borer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1914.[1] It is found in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).[2] It is also present in southern Florida.[3]
The length of the forewings is 8.5-10.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Solanum umbellatum and Solanum erianthum. They bore in the fruit of their host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Neoleucinodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae
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