Neoleucinodes prophetica, the potato tree borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. 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).Neoleucinodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms It is also present in southern Florida.Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
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.
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