''Neoleucinodes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

s of the subfamily

Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids. Description Imagines – the adu ...

in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. The genus was described by

Hahn William Capps Hahn William Capps (December 16, 1903 – September 14, 1998) was an American entomologist. Biography Capps was born in 1903. In 1929, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas. In 1930, he joined the United States Departme ...

in 1948 as a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...

split-off of the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by th ...

genus ''

Leucinodes ''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. They are occasionally imported by accident from African and As ...

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Species

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Neoleucinodes alegralis ''Neoleucinodes alegralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in French Guiana, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá) ...

'' (Schaus, 1920) *''

Neoleucinodes dissolvens ''Neoleucinodes dissolvens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in French Guiana, Ecuador, Suriname and Brazil (São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas Amazonas may refer to: Places * Ama ...

'' (Dyar, 1914) *''

Neoleucinodes elegantalis ''Neoleucinodes elegantalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It ìs found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Col ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) *''

Neoleucinodes galapagensis ''Neoleucinodes'' is a genus of Pyraloidea, snout moths of the subfamily Spilomelinae in the family (biology), family Crambidae. The genus was described by Hahn William Capps in 1948 as a Neotropical realm, Neotropical split-off of the Old World ...

'' Landry, 2016 *''

Neoleucinodes imperialis ''Neoleucinodes imperialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Haiti, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and the Brazilian states of Paraná (state), Paraná, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro ( ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) *''

Neoleucinodes incultalis ''Neoleucinodes incultalis'' is a moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approx ...

'' (Schaus, 1912) *''

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. It is found in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Hondur ...

'' (Dyar, 1914) *''

Neoleucinodes silvaniae ''Neoleucinodes silvaniae'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ana Elizabeth Diaz and Maria Alma Solis in 2007. It is found in Colombia. The larvae feed on the fruit of ''Solanum lanceifolium ''Solanum'' is a large and ...

'' Diaz & Solis, 2007 *''

Neoleucinodes torvis ''Neoleucinodes torvis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hahn William Capps in 1948. It is found in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Brazil (Mi ...

'' Capps, 1948

References

Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Hahn William Capps {{Lineodini-stub