Leucinodes africensis Mally, Korycinska, Agassiz, Hall, Hodgetts & Nuss, 2015

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FAMILY Crambidae
SUBFAMILY Spilomelinae
GENUS Leucinodes
SPECIES africensis
AUTHORMally, Korycinska, Agassiz, Hall, Hodgetts & Nuss, 2015
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLeucinodes africensis sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYAfrica W, 11.xi.1848, leg. H. S. Le Marquand.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 23118♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162.
PAGINATION 128-132, figs 2, 14-15, 24, 32, 35, 38-39, 42-43

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the West Kasai Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Côte d'Ivoire   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Gabon   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Ghana   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Liberia   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Nigeria   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Tanzania   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128
Zimbabwe   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 128

Notes:  Imported from Ghana to The Netherlands and from Zimbabwe to the UK (see Mally et al. 2015: 128).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Solanaceae Solanum aethiopicum Angola Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 132
Solanaceae Solanum lycopersicum   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 132
Solanaceae Solanum melongena   Mally R., Korycinska A., Agassiz D. J. L., Hall J., Hodgetts J. & Nuss M. 2015. Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insects, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea). - ZooKeys 472:117-162. 132