First report of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Lep.: Gelechiidae), from Iran

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Following the appearance of a quarantine pest, tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Povolny), in Europe, monitoring of this species in Iran was started by the cooperation of the Plant Protection Organization of Iran and the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection. According to the surveys, the first emergence of this pest was detected in October 2010 in Azerbaijan-e-Gharbi province.