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Can you identify this small worm on tomato plant?

jbclem
15 years ago

Most of my tomato plants have been decimated by this little worm. Even at 1/4"(1/16" wide) long they can make the edge of a leaf curl all the way over their green bodies, although on a larger leaf only a portion of the edge will curl over(or be folder over). They eat at the leaves, but the major damage seems to be after they have departed...a lot of the leaves seem to dry up, turning brown and easily crumbled. I'm not sure if this damage is caused by some chemical they secrete, or a virus.

I've included some photos of this worm. It's not a hornworm, and I'm pretty sure it's not a fruit worm (too green). I'm trying to catch the adult moth with a bug zapper, which is working, but I'm not sure which moth it is. I think it's a moth that's about 1/2" long with long thin wings (different from most moths that have wide full wings). At least that's what I see flying around the tomato plants the most at night.

Any comments?

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