Neoleucinodes elegantalis(NEOLEL)
Distribution details in Venezuela
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2007: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 818 (2017): Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 818 (2017): Present, no details
First reported in 1934. In 1961, outbreaks on tomato crops were noted in the state of Lara, and in 1971 in the state of Aragua. It is now considered as a major pest in most tomato-growing areas of Venezuela.
* Capps HW (1948) Status of the pyraustid moths of the genus Leucinodes in the world, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98(3223), 69-83.
* Marcano BRV (1991) Estudio de la biologia y algunos aspectos del comportamiento del perforador del fruto del tomato neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) en tomate. Agronomia Tropical 41(5-6), 257-263.
* Salas J, Alvarez C, Parra A (1992) Contribucion al conocimiento de la ecologia del perforador del fruto del tomate Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae). Agronomía Tropical 41(5-6), 275-284.
* Velazquez L (2007) Diseminacion de esporas de Colletotrichum acutatum por Neoleucinodes elegantalis en siembras de tomate de arbol Cyphomandra betacea en el sector Monteoscuro del Municipio Tovar Estado Aragua. Venezuela. Entomotropica 22(2), 57-143.
* Marcano BRV (1991) Estudio de la biologia y algunos aspectos del comportamiento del perforador del fruto del tomato neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) en tomate. Agronomia Tropical 41(5-6), 257-263.
* Salas J, Alvarez C, Parra A (1992) Contribucion al conocimiento de la ecologia del perforador del fruto del tomate Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae). Agronomía Tropical 41(5-6), 275-284.
* Velazquez L (2007) Diseminacion de esporas de Colletotrichum acutatum por Neoleucinodes elegantalis en siembras de tomate de arbol Cyphomandra betacea en el sector Monteoscuro del Municipio Tovar Estado Aragua. Venezuela. Entomotropica 22(2), 57-143.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Maranhao | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Ceara | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Distrito Federal | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Minas Gerais | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Pernambuco | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Sergipe | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Amapa | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Parana | Present, no details | |
| Brazil | Present, no details | ||
| Brazil | Santa Catarina | Present, no details | |
| Colombia | Present, widespread | ||
| Guyana | Absent, unreliable record |