Evidence of rapid spread and establishment of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in semi-arid Botswana

H Machekano, R Mutamiswa… - Agriculture & Food …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), a major invasive pest of Solanaceous plants,
was recently detected in Botswana. Abiotic and biotic factors, together with a suite of …

Genetic homogeneity in South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta: a new invasive pest to oriental region

PR Shashank, S Twinkle, K Chandrashekar… - 3 Biotech, 2018 - Springer
South American tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae),
is an important invasive pest of Tomato which invaded India and Nepal in 2014 and 2016 …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera …

R Mally, A Korycinska, DJL Agassiz, J Hall, J Hodgetts… - ZooKeys, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The larvae of the Old World genera Leucinodes Guenée, 1854 and Sceliodes Guenée, 1854
are internal feeders in the fruits of Solanaceae, causing economic damage to cultivated …

An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types

JDE Prins, HA Arévalo-Maldonado, DR Davis… - Zootaxa, 2019 - repository.si.edu
Gracillariidae leaf miners include 1987 species of poorly studied micromoths for which the
majority of the diversity has been described from temperate regions. The Neotropics harbors …

First report of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Botswana

R Mutamiswa, H Machekano… - Agriculture & Food …, 2017 - Springer
Background The tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive
insect pest of tomato and other solanaceous plants which is rapidly expanding its …

Historical invasion rates vary among insect trophic groups

R Mally, RM Turner, HF Nahrung, T Yamanaka… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Globalization has spread thousands of invasive insect species into new world regions, 1, 2,
3 causing severe losses in ecosystem services. Previous work proposed that plant invasions …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae sl) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

B Landry - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 2020 - BioOne
The largest subfamily of Pyraloidea of the Galápagos fauna is reviewed. Forty-four species
are recorded and illustrated, including the male and female genitalia. Eleven species are …

Pest risk assessment of Leucinodes orbonalis for the European Union

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), C Bragard… - EFSA …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health
performed a quantitative risk assessment of Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera …

[PDF][PDF] First record of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from southern part of Punjab, Pakistan.

M Ishtiaq, M Sadique, N Faried… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2020 - thejaps.org.pk
Tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta is an indigenous insect pest of solanaceous crops in South
America, which is now an important quarantine insect pest in many other parts of the world …