''Neoleucinodes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...
s of the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids.
Description
Imagines ...
in the
family
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Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. 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 biogeogra ...
split-off of the
Old World
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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 Asia ...
''.
Species
*''
Neoleucinodes alegralis''
(Schaus, 1920)
*''
Neoleucinodes dissolvens''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Neoleucinodes elegantalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
*''
Neoleucinodes galapagensis''
Landry, 2016
*''
Neoleucinodes imperialis''
(Guenée, 1854)
*''
Neoleucinodes incultalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Neoleucinodes prophetica''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Neoleucinodes silvaniae''
Diaz & Solis, 2007
*''
Neoleucinodes torvis''
Capps, 1948[
]
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Hahn William Capps
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