Taxonomic Information
Leucinodes Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Leucinodes diaphana (Hampson, 1891). India: S India, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri district, S. slopes, 3000 ft.
Leucinodes melanopalis Guenée, 1854. India: Mhow, Central India.
Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 – Eggplant fruit and shoot borer, Brinjal fruit and shoot borer. India.
Leucinodes sigulalis Guenée, 1854. India: Central India.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 – Eggplant fruit and shoot borer: Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae),Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Solanum melongena, Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Mally, R., Hayden, J., Neinhuis, C., Jordal, B. and Nuss, M., 2019. The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 77, pp.141-204. For tribal placement.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 – Eggplant fruit and shoot borer , Brinjal fruit and shoot borer. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/leucinodes-orbonalis, accessed 2024/10/13.