Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)
(Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)
Tribe	Gnorimoschemini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	GELECHIINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	GELECHIIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
Superfamily	GELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tuta absoluta is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Tuta absoluta information network	www.tutaabsoluta.com/index.php?lang=en

Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

GELECHIIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tuta absoluta (Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tuta absoluta is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)