EPPO Global Database

Keiferia lycopersicella(GNORLY)

Distribution details in Venezuela

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1997: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1978
From CABI Pest map 754 (2011): Present, no details
References
* Geraud-Pouey F, Perez G (1994) [Notes on Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham), Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae, in Venezuela]. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana 9(2), 203-206 (in Spanish).
------- First reported in 1978 in the state of Yaracuy, present in most tomato-growing areas at low altitudes.

* Geraud-Pouey F, Chirinos DT, Rivero G (1997) Population dynamics and damage caused by Gelechiidae leaf miners of tomatoes in the north western region of Zulia State, Venezuela. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana 12(1), 43-50 (abst.).
------- Zulia state.

* INTERNET (last accessed in 2010-11)
CABI Crop Protection Compendium. Datasheet on Keiferia lycopersicella. http://www.cabi.org/cpc/
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Colombia Present, no details view...
Guyana Present, no details view...