Tuta absoluta(GNORAB)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2017: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control (2017-09)
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control (2017-09)
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/185) : first found in 2016 in Mpumalanga province.
In 2017, it was recorded in the 9 provinces of South Africa (Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape).
In 2017, it was recorded in the 9 provinces of South Africa (Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape).
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
– South Africa (ZAF-31/1 of 2016-09-01) First detection of Tuta absoluta in South Africa. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/south-africa/pestreports/2016/09/first-detection-of-tuta-absoluta-in-south-africa/
- South Africa (ZAF-36/1 of 2017-09-29) Pest status of Tuta absoluta in South Africa. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/south-africa/pestreports/2017/09/pest-status-of-tuta-absoluta-in-south-africa/
* Visser D, Uys VM, Nieuwenhuis RJ, Pieterse W (2017) First records of the tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in South Africa. BioInvasions Records (2017) Volume 6 http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2017/Accepted/BIR_2017_Visser_etal_correctedproof.pdf
------- Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces.
– South Africa (ZAF-31/1 of 2016-09-01) First detection of Tuta absoluta in South Africa. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/south-africa/pestreports/2016/09/first-detection-of-tuta-absoluta-in-south-africa/
- South Africa (ZAF-36/1 of 2017-09-29) Pest status of Tuta absoluta in South Africa. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/south-africa/pestreports/2017/09/pest-status-of-tuta-absoluta-in-south-africa/
* Visser D, Uys VM, Nieuwenhuis RJ, Pieterse W (2017) First records of the tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in South Africa. BioInvasions Records (2017) Volume 6 http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2017/Accepted/BIR_2017_Visser_etal_correctedproof.pdf
------- Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces.