Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)

Phthorimaea absoluta Meyrick, 1917 —Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1): 45.

Records. Seplyarsky et al. 2010: 445.

Material examined. 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Keshet, 21.iv.2018, at light (Kravchenko & Bidzilya) (TAU, ZMKU) .

Host plant. Lycopersicum sp. (Seplyarsky et al. 2010: 445).

Distribution. Neotropical species that was introduced to Europe in 2007 (Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 206). Now known from most countries of Africa, as well as from Middle East, Central and South Asia (CABI 2019).