Tuta (moth)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Genus: | Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910 |
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Tuta is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
The best-known species is probably the notorious pest of tomato crops Tuta absoluta.[1]
Species
- Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)
- Tuta atriplicella (Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910)
References