New Tomato Pest to Worry About

barkeater · November 3, 2009

Tuta absoluta
Reported in Albania, Greece, Malta, Portugal, and
Switzerland:

Since OPIS first reported in 2006 of a first detection in Spain
(Europe) of the tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta ) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae),
this pest has been spreading rapidly through Southern Europe (France, Italy,Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and North Africa (Algeria Morocco,and Tunisia). More recent country reports of detections of Tuta absolutainclude: Albania, Greece, Malta, Switzerland, and Portugal.

November 3, 2009	#1
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	New Tomato Pest to Worry About Tuta absoluta Reported in Albania, Greece, Malta, Portugal, and Switzerland: Since OPIS first reported in 2006 of a first detection in Spain (Europe) of the tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta ) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), this pest has been spreading rapidly through Southern Europe (France, Italy,Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) and North Africa (Algeria Morocco,and Tunisia). More recent country reports of detections of Tuta absolutainclude: Albania, Greece, Malta, Switzerland, and Portugal.