1 - Phytosanitary Resources

Pathways
Table 8-5 Shipping Weight of Fresh or Chilled Tomatoes Arriving in the United States from Countries
with Tuta absoluta 1 (continued)
Country
Port
Tomatoes, Fresh or Chilled (tonnes)
2006 2007 2008 2009
Vessel Air Vessel Air Vessel Air Vessel Air
Spain Chicago IL 291 89 252 58
Detroit MI 17
Los Angeles CA 14
Miami FL 121
New York City NY 167 1,276 400 639 41
Philadelphia PA 25 8 6
San Francisco CA 4 8
Savannah GA 5
Seattle WA 2
Washington DC 12 50
1 Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics. Queried 02/26/10.
Since 1984, there have been no interceptions of Tuta absoluta or synonyms of
T. absoluta (Phthorimaea absoluta, Gnorimoschema absoluta, Scrobipalpula
absoluta, Scrobipalpuloides absoluta) documented in PestID (queried 02/12/
10). The genus Tuta is not listed in the PestID database but the genera
Phthorimaea, Gnorimoschema, and Scrobipalpula are reportable, as is the
family Gelechiidae (PestID, 2010).
There are no documented interceptions for the genus Scrobipalpula in PestID
but there have been interceptions for unspecified Phthorimaea,
Gnorimosochema, and Gelechiidae species on tomato, potato, eggplant, and
pepper. The lack of interceptions of Tuta absoluta could be due to the fact that
the United States has successfully regulated tomato, potato, eggplant, and
pepper from South American countries where T. absoluta originates. Only
recently has T. absoluta expanded into Europe and neighboring Mediterranean
countries.
There have been 24 interceptions of unspecified Gelechiidae species associated
with tomato fruit since 1984, which includes one unspecified Phthorimaea,
one unspecified Gnorimoschema, and five unspecified Keiferia species.
Twenty of the interceptions were for immature stages found inside tomato
fruit. Most interceptions were from South America (71 percent) from maritime
stores. There were seven interceptions from permit or general cargo originating
from the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Venezuela or Mexico.
Refer to Table 8-6 on page 8-15 for a summary of the pest interception data for
unspecified Gelechiidae for 1984 until present for tomato (queried as Lycoper-
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