﻿MOTHS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  LEUCINODES 
  — 
  CAPPS 
  75 
  

  

  Pupa. 
  — 
  Color 
  light 
  to 
  dark 
  brown; 
  12-15 
  mm. 
  long. 
  Typical 
  

   pyraustid 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  5), 
  with 
  cremaster; 
  dorsum 
  of 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  smooth 
  and 
  without 
  spinelike 
  armature 
  ; 
  a 
  prominent 
  hoodlike 
  

   protuberance 
  above 
  the 
  spiracle 
  on 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  

   fig. 
  4). 
  Pupation 
  is 
  above 
  ground, 
  the 
  pupa 
  enclosed 
  in 
  a 
  fragile 
  

   cocoon 
  attached 
  to 
  dried 
  leaves 
  or 
  other 
  debris. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Originally 
  in 
  the 
  Guenee 
  collection; 
  present 
  location 
  

   unknowTi. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Food 
  plants. 
  — 
  Oyphommidra 
  hetacea 
  Sendt., 
  Lycopersicum 
  esculen- 
  

   tum 
  Mill, 
  (tomato) 
  , 
  Solanum 
  melongena 
  L. 
  (eggplant) 
  , 
  and 
  Solanum 
  

   sisymbriifolium 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cuba: 
  Baracoa 
  and 
  Santiago 
  (January). 
  Puerto 
  

   Eico: 
  Bayamon 
  and 
  Guayama 
  (March, 
  April). 
  Jamaica 
  (no 
  date). 
  

   Grenada 
  (no 
  date) 
  . 
  Trinidad 
  (no 
  date) 
  . 
  Mexico 
  : 
  Jalapa, 
  Cordoba, 
  

   Orizaba, 
  and 
  Tampico 
  in 
  Veracruz; 
  Mante, 
  Tamaulipas; 
  Chapala, 
  

   Jalisco; 
  Caleras, 
  Colima; 
  Rosario, 
  Sinaloa 
  (October, 
  December, 
  Janu- 
  

   ary, 
  February). 
  Guatemala: 
  Purulha, 
  Volcan 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  (no 
  

   dates). 
  Costa 
  Rica: 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Rio 
  Segundo, 
  and 
  Saxiola 
  River 
  

   (March, 
  November). 
  Panama: 
  Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Cabima, 
  

   Paraiso, 
  Rio 
  Trinidad, 
  Taboga 
  Island 
  (February, 
  March, 
  May, 
  June) 
  . 
  

   Peru: 
  Hullaga 
  (no 
  date). 
  Ecuador: 
  Loja 
  (March). 
  Colombia: 
  

   San 
  Antonio 
  (November). 
  Venezuela: 
  Aroa 
  San 
  Estaban, 
  Cara- 
  

   bobo, 
  Los 
  Tigres 
  (October, 
  December). 
  British 
  Guiana; 
  Tumatu- 
  

   mari, 
  Potara 
  River 
  (June). 
  French 
  Guiana: 
  St. 
  Jean 
  Maroni 
  (no 
  

   date). 
  BRAZTL:CastroParana,MinasGerais 
  (October). 
  Paraguay: 
  

   Villarica 
  (March, 
  September). 
  Argentina: 
  Concordia, 
  Entre 
  Rios 
  

   (July). 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  109. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  damage 
  to 
  crops 
  where 
  elegantalis 
  occurs 
  ranges 
  

   from 
  unnoted 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  as 
  Cuba 
  and 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  negligible 
  in 
  

   Mexico 
  (Tamaulipas, 
  1945-46 
  season), 
  to 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  30 
  or 
  80 
  percent 
  

   in 
  Parana 
  and 
  Minas 
  Gerais, 
  Brazil. 
  No 
  satisfactory 
  methods 
  have 
  

   been 
  reported 
  for 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  where 
  environmental 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  are 
  optimum 
  for 
  its 
  building 
  up 
  and 
  maintaining 
  large 
  popula- 
  

   tiong. 
  The 
  effective 
  application 
  of 
  control 
  is 
  complicated 
  by 
  its 
  larval 
  

   habits. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  strictly 
  borers, 
  feeding 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  fruits. 
  

   Soon 
  after 
  hatching, 
  the 
  young 
  larva 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  j^oung 
  fruit 
  and 
  

   as 
  the 
  fruit 
  develops 
  the 
  entrance 
  hole 
  is 
  closed. 
  Thus 
  a 
  fruit 
  that 
  

   looks 
  perfectly 
  normal, 
  even 
  under 
  a 
  hand 
  lens, 
  may 
  contain 
  one 
  or 
  

   several 
  larvae. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  larva 
  is 
  mature 
  or 
  about 
  mature 
  

   and 
  has 
  the 
  exit 
  hole 
  complete 
  or 
  nearly 
  complete 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  signs 
  

   to 
  indicate 
  its 
  presence 
  inside 
  the 
  fruit. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  larvae 
  per 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  usually 
  one, 
  two, 
  or 
  three, 
  but 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  18 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  single 
  fruit. 
  

  

  