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Sceliodes laisalis

Synonyms: Leucinodes subterminalis; Megaphysa laisalis (homotypic); Sceliodes idmonealis; Sceliodes subterminalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in La Réunion, Niger, Gambia and South Africa, as well as Australia, India, Malaysia, China and Morocco. It has also been recorded from Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom where it is either a migrant or imported with tomatoes, the larval host plant. The wingspan is 20–34 mm. Females are somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange- to grey-brown.
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Prey / Diet

Solanum lycopersicum (Currant Tomato)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0