Development of an immunological technique for detecting granulovirus infection in Tuta absoluta larvae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), known as tomato moth or tomato leafminer is a microlepidopter from Gelechiidae’s family, which is widely distributed on America, Europe, Africa and Asia and is considered the most important pest of this crop (Roditakis et al. 2010). Phthorima...