Detailed Record for Tuta absoluta

Common Name: South American tomato pinworm

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota  / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Lepidoptera / Family Gelechiidae / Genus Tuta

C-value (pg): 0.63

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Gandhi Gracy, R., B.R. Basavaarya, B. Kariyanna, C.G. Arunkumara, S.K. Jalali, T. Venkatesan, C.R. Ballal, and M. Mohan (2019). The relationship between genome size, morphological parameters and diet breadth in insect species. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 20: 101188.

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