Image Number: 5431766
tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta) (Povolny)

Photographer: Marja van der Straten
Descriptor: Larva(e)
Image type: Field
Host: tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Image Location: United States

Image Citation: Marja van der Straten, NVWA Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org

TAXONOMY & ANNOTATON

SUBJECT

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Atelocerata
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Gnorimoschemini
Genus: Tuta
Subject: Tuta absoluta (Povolny)

HOST

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Lycopersicon
Subject: Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.