Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia Lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) In Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
The tomato pinworm is a small, microlepidopteran moth that is often confused with closely related species which have similar habits. Apparently much of the damage to tomatoes attributed to the eggplant leafminer (Gnorimoschema glochinella Zeller) in Mexico and California during the early 1920’s was actually inflicted by the tomato pinworm (Morrill, 1925). …read more
