Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Solanaceae
Capsicum annuum
Solanaceae
Solanum melongena
A new avocado pest in Central America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with a key to Lepidoptera larvae threatening avocados in California
Gilligan, Todd M.
Brown, John W.
Hoddle, Mark S.
Zootaxa
2011
3137
31
45
94B55
Meyrick
Meyrick
[151,590,1886,1912]
Insecta
Tortricidae
Thaumatotibia
CoL
Animalia
Lepidoptera
10
41
Arthropoda
species
leucotreta
Thaumatotibia leucotretais not established in California; however, a single male was collected in a pheromone trap in Ventura County in July, 2008 ( Gilligan et al.2011). This species is one of the most commonly intercepted tortricids on pepper ( Solanaceae: Capsicum annuumL.) and eggplant ( Solanaceae: Solanum melongenaL.) at U.S.ports-of-entry ( Brown 2006, Gilligan et al.2011).