Keiferia lycopersicella

TaxID: 1511203

Basic Information

Keiferia lycopersicella

Tomato Pinworm, Tomato pinworm

Keiferia lycopersicella, the tomato pinworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in warm areas in Mexico, California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Cuba, Hispaniola and the Bahamas. It has also been reported from greenhouses in Delaware, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The wingspan is 9 C12 mm. There are seven to eight generations per year. The larvae feed on Solanaceae species, including Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanum melongena, Solanum tuberosum, Solanum carolinense, Solanum xanthii, Solanum umbelliferum and Solanum bahamense. Young larvae use silk to spin a tent. Under the cover of this tent they create a tunnel into a leaf of their host. They may also enter stems or fruits.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Keiferia

lycopersicella

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (10 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (50 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Belgium Unknow 2019
Burkina Faso Absent —
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Brazil A1 list 2018
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Czechia Quarantine pests 2019
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Distribution (25 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

21
Present
4
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bahamas Absent —
Bermuda Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Canada Absent
Canada Present
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
Ecuador Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_029255805.1 Contig 442 14556 14556 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature