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Neoleucinodes prophetica
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neoleucinodes prophetica, the potato tree borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] 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).[2] It is also present in southern Florida.[3]
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.[4]
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