Neoleucinodes prophetica

Neoleucinodes prophetica, the potato tree borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. 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]

Neoleucinodes prophetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Neoleucinodes
Species:
N. prophetica
Binomial name
Neoleucinodes prophetica
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Leucinodes elegantalis var. prophetica Dyar, 1914
  • Leucinodes minimalis Amsel, 1956

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
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Neoleucinodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  4. "Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae | Fact Sheet: Neoleucinodes prophetica". idtools.org.


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