Tuta absoluta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Tuta
- Species
- Tuta absoluta
- Scientific Name
- Tuta absoluta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tuta absoluta
Tuta absoluta or Phthorimaea absoluta is a species of moth in family Gelechiidae known by the common names South American tomato pinworm, tomato leafminer, tomato pinworm and South American tomato moth. It is well known as a serious pest of tomato crops in Europe, Africa, western Asia and South and Central America, with larvae causing up to 100% loss if not effectively controlled.
...Tuta absoluta in languages:
- Arabic
- حفار أوراق الطماطم
- Dutch
- Tomatenmineermot
- Finnish
- tomaattijäytäjäkoi
- German
- Tomaten-Palpenmotte
- German
- Tomatenminiermotte
- German
- Südamerikanische Tomatenmotte
- German
- Tomatenblattminierer
- Hebrew
- טוטה אבסולוטה
- Portuguese
- Traça-do-tomateiro
- Swedish
- tomatmal
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