Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf-miner) - Norfolk Micro Moths

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Tuta absoluta

Tomato Leaf-miner

(Meyrick, 1917)

35.127/825a

Norfolk status
Unknown.

Adventive pest species from South America, inadvertently introduced with tomatoes. First found in the UK when a larva was discovered in a tomato purchased at a supermarket in Cheltenham in 2009.

The larva feeds voraciously upon tomato plants, producing large galleries in leaves, burrowing in stalks, and consuming apical buds and green and ripe fruits. It is capable of causing a yield loss of 100%.

First Norfolk record in April 2017 when a male was taken indoors at North Creake. (A. Culshaw, 18/04/17. Gen. Det. R. Terry)

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 2 (3%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2017.
Last Recorded in 2018.
Additional Stats

< Scrobipalpa costella

Caryocolum alsinella >

Determination

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Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
03/10/2018	1	28	TF63 - Snettisham/Dersingham
18/04/2017	1	28	TF83 - N.Creake/Syderstone

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Wingspan:	8-10mm
Season:	Eight to ten generations can occur in a single year.
Foodplant:	Tomato
Nat Status:	Adventive
Verification Grade: Adult: 4

Immature

Adult

Further info: Tuta absoluta

	UK Moths
	Suffolk Moths
	Hants Moths
	Northamptonshire Moths
	HMBG
	Essex Field Club
	Yorkshire Moths
	Lepidoptera of Belgium
	Svenska fjarilar
	Lepiforum.de
	NBN Atlas
	Historic UK Distribution (pre 2013)
	Moth Dissection UK

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