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First record of Tuta absoluta in Turkey

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In August 2009, boring lepidopteran larvae were found on aerial parts of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants in the Urla District of Izmir Province within the Aegean Region of Turkey. Larvae created blotched leaf galleries and superficial mines on fruits. The pest was identified as Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). This is the first report of this pest in Turkey.

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I am grateful to Marja van der Straten (Department of Entomology, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, the Netherlands) and Dr. Mustafa Özdemir (Ankara Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara, Turkey) for their valuable help in identifying Tuta absoluta.

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  1. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Plant Protection Research Institute, Gençlik Caddesi, No:6, Bornova, 35040, Izmir, Turkey

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Kılıç, T. First record of Tuta absoluta in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 38, 243–244 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-010-0095-7

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