Tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta)

Overview

A serious tomato pest in protected systems. Larvae mine leaves and damage fruit.

Symptoms

• Leaf mines and blotches
• Entry holes and galleries in fruit
• Frass in mines

IPM notes

• Intensive monitoring and rapid response
• Integrate egg parasitoids and selective controls where appropriate

Related

• Leafminer
• Trichogramma Achaeae
• Diglyphus Isaea