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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Neoleucinodes |
| Species: | N. prophetica
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| Neoleucinodes prophetica (Dyar, 1914)
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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]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Neoleucinodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ "Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae | Fact Sheet: Neoleucinodes prophetica". idtools.org.