TUTA ABSOLUTA (Tomato Moth)
Egg 7days
- Eggs are oval cylindrical. Cream, light yellow color
- 73% in leaves
- 21% in veins and trunk
- 5% in sepals
- 1% in fruits
Larva 8 days
- There are 4 larval stages.
- While the 1st stage larva is 0.9 mm, the 4th stage
- The larva is 8 mm.
Pupa 10 days
- Pupa is 6 mm long, light brown in color.
- In the soil, in the dried leaves, the stem of the plant
located in the section.
Adult female 10-15 days,, male 6-7 days
- Thin long, 6mm in length, wingspan
is about 10 mm.
- Fore wings narrow, silvery gray brownish
It has characteristic large and small blackish spots.
- It has a thread-shaped antenna.
LIFE CYCLE DURATION
14 C 76 days
20 C 24 days
27 C 24 days
- It can give 10-12 generations per year.
- A female can lay 120-260 eggs during her lifetime.
- Adult butterflies are active at night and hide under the leaf during the day.
- They usually lay their eggs under the leaves, on the petals of buds and immature green tomato fruits.
- Eggs hatch in 4-5 days
- They spend the winter as eggs, pupae or adults.
- The activity of the pest stops below 7 C.
