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
Species
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Arthropods
Photos (0 photos)
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Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (10 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Solanum americanum | Host |
| Solanum bahamense | Host |
| Solanum carolinense | Host |
| Solanum dulcamara | Host |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Host |
| Solanum melongena | Host |
| Solanum nigrum | Host |
| Solanum torvum | Host |
| Solanum tuberosum | Host |
| Solanum viarum | Host |
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 |
Distribution (25 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| 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 | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCA_029255805.1 | Contig | 442 | 14556 | 14556 | - |
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Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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