Tuta (moth)
Appearance
Tuta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Tuta Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910 |
Species | |
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Tuta is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
The best-known species is probably the notorious pest of tomato crops Tuta absoluta.[1]
Species
[edit]- Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)
- Tuta atriplicella (Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910)
References
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