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Neoleucinodes prophetica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). It is also present in southern Florida.

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.

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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