EPPO Global Database

Keiferia lycopersicella(GNORLY)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Solanum lycopersicum (LYPES) Major host
* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.

* Poe SL (1973) Tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). IFAS Extension, University of Florida. . https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf

* Ramirez BA, Carballo VM, Saunders JL (1989) Niveles de daño economico de Keiferia lycopersicella en tomate. Manejo Integrado de Plagas. 14, 1-17. 
Solanum bahamense (SOLBA) Wild/Weed
* Poe SL (1973) Tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). IFAS Extension, University of Florida. . https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf
Solanum carolinense (SOLCA) Wild/Weed
* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.

* Poe SL (1999) Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). EENY074 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 131). UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, 4 pp. Available at: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf (last accessed May 2022).
Solanum dulcamara (SOLDU) Wild/Weed
*  Batiste WC, Olson WH (1973) Laboratory evaluations of some solanaceous plants as possible hosts for tomato pinworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 66(1), 110-111.
------- Experiments: adults could develop and emerge from this plant.
Solanum elaeagnifolium (SOLEL) Wild/Weed
*  Batiste WC, Olson WH (1973) Laboratory evaluations of some solanaceous plants as possible hosts for tomato pinworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 66(1), 110-111.
------- Experiments: adults could develop and emerge from this plant.
Solanum nigrum (SOLNI) Wild/Weed
*  Batiste WC, Olson WH (1973) Laboratory evaluations of some solanaceous plants as possible hosts for tomato pinworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 66(1), 110-111.
------- Experiments: adults could develop and emerge from this plant.

* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.
Solanum umbelliferum (SOLXN) Wild/Weed
* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.

* Poe SL (1973) Tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). IFAS Extension, University of Florida. . https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf
------- Also as Solanum xanthi (now synonym of S. umbelliferum).
Solanum viarum (SOLVI) Wild/Weed
* Cuda JP, Gandolfo D, Medal JC, Charudattan R, Mullahey JJ (2002) Tropical soda apple, wetland Nightshade, and Turkey berry. In: Van Driesche, R et al. (eds) Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, USDA Forest Service. Publication FHTET-2002-04, 413 pp. 
Solanum americanum (SOLAM) Host
*  Batiste WC, Olson WH (1973) Laboratory evaluations of some solanaceous plants as possible hosts for tomato pinworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 66(1), 110-111.
------- Experiments on Solanum americanum var. nodiflorum: no adults emerged.

* Henry C, Rudert B (1975) The tomato pinworm, a new pest for Jamaica. Jamaica Journal 9, 76-77.
------- As Solanum americanum var. nodiflorum.

* Schuster DJ (1989) Development of tomato pinworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on foliage of selected plant species. Florida Entomologist 72(1), 216-219.
------- Considered Solanum americanum as as non-host.
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme (LYPEC) Host
* Schuster DJ (1989) Development of tomato pinworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on foliage of selected plant species.
Florida Entomologist 72(1), 216-219.
Solanum melongena (SOLME) Host
*  Batiste WC, Olson WH (1973) Laboratory evaluations of some solanaceous plants as possible hosts for tomato pinworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 66(1), 110-111.
------- Experiments: adults could develop and emerge from this plant.

* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.

* Henry C, Rudert B (1975) The tomato pinworm, a new pest for Jamaica. Jamaica Journal 9, 76-77.

* Poe SL (1973) Tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). IFAS Extension, University of Florida. . https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf
Solanum torvum (SOLTO) Host
* Henry C, Rudert B (1975) The tomato pinworm, a new pest for Jamaica. Jamaica Journal 9, 76-77.
Solanum tuberosum (SOLTU) Host
* Elmore JC, Howland AF (1943) Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 841, 30 pp.

* Henry C, Rudert B (1975) The tomato pinworm, a new pest for Jamaica. Jamaica Journal 9, 76-77.

* Poe SL (1973) Tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). IFAS Extension, University of Florida. . https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN23100.pdf

* Saunders JL, Coto DT, King AB (1998) Plagas invertebradas de cultivos anuales alimenticios en America Central. 2a ed. Turrialba : CATIE. Turrialba, Costa Rica. 305 pp.