Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers.El Shafie, Hamadttu Abdel Farag. (2001). "The use of neem products for sustainable management of homopterous key pests on potato and eggplant in the Sudan." Ph.D. Diss. Justus Liebig University of Giessen. Kristensen, Niels P. (1999). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Walter de Gruyter. 250. They are occasionally imported by accident from African and Asian countries to North America and Europe and pose medium threats to Solanaceae crops.US Dept. of Agriculture. (2007). "Importation of Eggplant, Solanum melongena, from Ghana into the Entire United States, Including All Territories." p. i.

Species

Leucinodes africensis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes bilinealis Snellen, 1899 Leucinodes cordalis (Doubleday, 1843) Leucinodes diaphana (Hampson, 1891) Leucinodes erosialis Pagenstecher, 1884 Leucinodes ethiopica Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes grisealis (Kenrick, 1912) Leucinodes kenyensis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes labefactalis Swinhoe, 1904 Leucinodes laisalis (Walker, 1859) Leucinodes malawiensis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes melanopalis Guenée, 1854 Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 Leucinodes perlucidalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 Leucinodes pseudorbonalis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes raondry (Viette, 1981) Leucinodes rimavallis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes sigulalis Guenée, 1854 Leucinodes ugandensis Mally et al., 2015 Leucinodes unilinealis Snellen, 1899

Former species Leucinodes apicalis Hampson, 1896, currently placed in Analyta Leucinodes aureomarginalis Gaede, 1916, currently placed in Lygropia Leucinodes hemichionalis (Mabille, 1900), currently placed in Syllepte Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917, now considered a synonym of Leucinodes laisalis Leucinodes vagans (Tutt, 1890), currently placed in Syllepte

Taxonomy Hyperanalyta Strand, 1918 was formerly treated as a synonym of Leucinodes, but was found to be a synonym of Analyta Lederer, 1863.

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