Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham)
Vol. 2003 No. 14, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2003 No. 14

Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham): EENY074/IN231, 2/1999

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https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in231-1999
Sidney L. Poe
University of Florida
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Poe, Sidney L. 2003. “Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia Lycopersicella (Walshingham): EENY074 IN231, 2 1999”. EDIS 2003 (14). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in231-1999.
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Abstract

The tomato pinworm is a small, microlepidopteran moth that is often confused with closely related species which have similar habits. This document is EENY-074 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 131), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: February 1999. 

EENY074/IN231: Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) (ufl.edu)

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Elmore, J.C., and A.F. Howland. 1943. Life history and control of the tomato pinworm. USDA Tech. Bull. 841. 30 p.

Poe, S.L. 1973. The tomato pinworm in Florida. UF/IFAS, AREC Research Report GC1973-2. 5 pp.

Thomas, C.A. 1933. Observations on the tomato pinworm (Gnorimoschema lycopersicella Busck) and the eggplant leafminer (G. glochinella Zeller) in Pennsylvania. J. Econ. Entomol. 26: 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/26.1.137

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