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Tomato leaf miner

Phthorimea absoluta

Tomato leaf miner (Phthorimea absoluta) is an insect pest. It is a native of South America.

Tuta absoluta is a devastating pest of Tomato and is also reported on potato, eggplant and common beans. It can breed between 10-12 generations a year and each female can lay 250-300 eggs in her life time.

For more information about this plant pest, see the CAPS data sheet.

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8/2020 - Traders report tomato shortage as pest reappears in Kano
8/2020 - Endophyte may protect tomatoes from Tuta absoluta pest attack
1/2020 - Leaf Miners: The Unexpected Conservation Heroes
1/2020 - The tomato leafminer affects 60% of world tomato production
12/2019 - Proactive IPM Projects Tackle Weevils, Leafminers, Midges
11/2019 - Assessing the multi-pathway threat from an invasive agricultural pest: Tuta absoluta in Asia
9/2019 - Organic insecticide to tackle "Tuta absoluta"
8/2019 - Federal Order for U.S. Imports of Hosts of Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta absoluta)
6/2019 - Organic tomatoes, safe from the
5/2019 - Tuta absoluta pest detected in the Canary Islands