Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)
(Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)

Interactions where Tuta absoluta is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Datura stramonium Thorn-apple Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Datura stramonium/Datura stramoniumthorn-appleleaf
larva larva mines stem Foreign Datura stramonium Thorn-apple Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Datura stramonium/Datura stramoniumthorn-applestem
larva larva mines fruit Foreign Datura stramonium Thorn-apple Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Datura stramonium/Datura stramoniumthorn-applefruit
larva larva mines leaf ForeignMajor Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/Lycopersicon esculentumtomatoleafMajor
larva larva mines stem ForeignMajor Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/Lycopersicon esculentumtomatostemMajor
larva larva mines fruit ForeignMajor Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/Lycopersicon esculentumtomatofruitMajor
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Solanum melongena Aubergine, Eggplant Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantleaf
larva larva mines stem Foreign Solanum melongena Aubergine, Eggplant Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantstem
larva larva mines fruit Foreign Solanum melongena Aubergine, Eggplant Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantfruit
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeleaf
larva larva mines stem Foreign Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadestem
larva larva mines fruit Foreign Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadefruit
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Solanum tuberosum Potato Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/Solanum tuberosumpotatoleaf
larva larva mines stem Foreign Solanum tuberosum Potato Solanales: Solanaceae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/Solanum tuberosumpotatostem

Author & YearTitleSource
Potting, R., 2009Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato MothPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)
TribeGnorimoschemini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyGELECHIINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyGELECHIIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Tuta absoluta information network www.tutaabsoluta.com/index.php?lang=en

Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Potting, R. 2009 Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth):

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