Tuta absoluta(GNORAB)
Distribution details in Tanzania
First recorded in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: only in some areas, subject to official control (2018-02)
* Aigbedion-Atalor PO, Hill MP, Zalucki MP, Obala F, Idriss GE, Midingoyi SK, Chidege M, Ekesi S, Abuelgasim Mohamed S (2019) The South America tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), spreads its wings in Eastern Africa: distribution and socioeconomic impacts. Journal of Economic Entomology, 112(6), 2797–2807, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz220.
* INTERNET
- IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Tanzania (TZA-01/2 of 2018-02-09) First record of Tomato leaf miner - Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae) in Tanzania. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/tanzania-united-republic-of/pestreports/2018/02/ttuta-absoluta/
- Tuta absoluta information network. Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta reported in Tanzania for the first time (2014-08-27). http://www.tutaabsoluta.com/news/376/tomato-miner-tuta-absoluta-reported-in-tanzania-for-the-first-time- (via PestLens).
* Smith JD, Dubois T, Mallogo R, Njau EF, Tua S, Srinivasan R (2018) Host range of the Invasive tomato pest Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on solanaceous crops and weeds in Tanzania. Florida Entomologist 101(4), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.101.0417
------- On Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), S. melongena (aubergine), S. tuberosum (potato), S. nigrum and S. americanum.
* INTERNET
- IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Tanzania (TZA-01/2 of 2018-02-09) First record of Tomato leaf miner - Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae) in Tanzania. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/tanzania-united-republic-of/pestreports/2018/02/ttuta-absoluta/
- Tuta absoluta information network. Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta reported in Tanzania for the first time (2014-08-27). http://www.tutaabsoluta.com/news/376/tomato-miner-tuta-absoluta-reported-in-tanzania-for-the-first-time- (via PestLens).
* Smith JD, Dubois T, Mallogo R, Njau EF, Tua S, Srinivasan R (2018) Host range of the Invasive tomato pest Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on solanaceous crops and weeds in Tanzania. Florida Entomologist 101(4), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.101.0417
------- On Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), S. melongena (aubergine), S. tuberosum (potato), S. nigrum and S. americanum.
Country | State | Status | |
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Burundi | Present, restricted distribution | ||
Kenya | Present, no details | ||
Mozambique | Present, widespread | ||
Rwanda | Present, restricted distribution | ||
Uganda | Present, widespread | ||
Zambia | Present, widespread |