An annotated checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Israel with description of two new species
Author
Bidzilya, Oleksiy
Author
Karsholt, Ole
Author
Kravchenko, Vasiliy
Author
Šumpich, Jan
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-30
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10.11646/zootaxa.4677.1.1
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Tuta absoluta
(Meyrick, 1917)
Phthorimaea absoluta
Meyrick, 1917
—Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1): 45.
Records.
Seplyarsky
et al.
2010: 445
.
Material examined
.
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
Keshet
,
21.iv.2018
, at light (
Kravchenko
&
Bidzilya
) (
TAU
,
ZMKU
)
.
Host
plant.
Lycopersicum
sp. (
Seplyarsky
et al.
2010: 445
).
Distribution
. Neotropical species that was introduced to Europe in 2007 (
Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 206
). Now known from most countries of Africa, as well as from Middle East, Central and South Asia (
CABI 2019
).