Neoleucinodes | Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae

Name

Lineodes Guenée, 1854

Type species: Lineodes hieroglyphalis Guenée, 1854

Synonyms:

Scoptonoma Zeller, 1873Zeller, 1873:
Zeller PC. 1873. Beitrauml;ge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Kouml;niglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 201-334, Taf. III-VI.
Ciraphorus Dyar, 1910

Overview

Neoleucinodes includes eight described species that are distributed in the Neotropics and southern North America. Capps (1948)Capps (1948):
Capps HW. 1948. Status of the pyraustid moths of the genus Leucinodes in the New World, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United Sates National Museum 98: 69-83, pl. 5-10. separated the genus from Leucinodes based on the shape of the fronsFrons:
The front of the head, between the eyes.
, the wing venationVenation:
The pattern of wing veins.
, and the genitalia. Despite the economic importance of N. elegantalis, the only subsequent taxonomic treatments have been the description of N. silvaniae by Díaz and Solis (2007)Díaz and Solis (2007):
Diacute;az AE and Solis MA. 2007. A new species and species distribution records of Neoleucinodes (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from Colombia feeding on Solanum sp. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 897-908. and the nomenclatural combinations by Munroe (1995)Munroe (1995):
Munroe EG. 1995. Crambidae. Pp. 34–79. in: Heppner, J. B., Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea 3. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers, Gainesville..

Neoleucinodes species have a round fronsFrons:
The front of the head, between the eyes.
that is non-projecting and forewing Rs1 stalked with Rs2 and 3. They have male genitalia with slender valvae, a small fibulaFibula:
Any projection on the face of the valva (not including the saccular process, if any).
, and a phallusPhallus:
The intromittent part of the male genitalia, also known as the aedeagus.
with a needle- or hook-shaped cornutusCornutus:
A usually spine-like sclerite visible within the phallus.
. Similar Neotropical genera are Proleucinodes Capps and Euleucinodes Capps, which differ in the fronsFrons:
The front of the head, between the eyes.
, venationVenation:
The pattern of wing veins.
, and the absence of a fibulaFibula:
Any projection on the face of the valva (not including the saccular process, if any).
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References

Amsel 1956Amsel 1956:
Amsel HG. 1956 (1954). Microlepidoptera Venezolana I. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, Maracay 10 (1-2): 1-336.

Amsel 1957Amsel 1957:
Amsel HG. 1957 (1954). Microlepidoptera Venezolana II. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, Maracay 10 (3-4): Berichtigung, pl. 1-110

Dyar 1913Dyar 1913:
Dyar HG. 1913. The separation of some species of Lineodes (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 1: 94-96.

Hampson 1913Hampson 1913:
Hampson GF. 1913. XXXVIII.mdash; Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 299-319.