Tuta 

Absoluta

Leaves with serpentine mines.

Drying dropping of leaves in severe 

cases.

Tomato 

Fruit Worms

The feeding on the fruit results in a watery untidy hole in the fruit, filled with faeces. The spoiled fruits ripen early, may drop off and are not saleable.

Cutworms

Cutworms are soil-dwelling caterpillars 

that interfere with tomato seedlings by chewing right through their stems. In fact, these aggressive grubs need very little time to annihilate a newly planted crop.

Root-knot 

Nematode

Nematodes,  also known as tomato eelworms, are arguably the most problematic tomato pests. There are more than 20,000 different species of this insect worldwide, yet the species that typically affects tomato plants is the root-knot nematode. These grubs create knobby roots that prevent the plants from getting the nutrients they need.

Whitefly

1. Chlorotic spots

2. Yellowing

3. Downward curling and drying of 

leaves.

4. Vector of tomato leaf curl disease.

Thrips

Unlike the average tomato pest, they do the majority of their damage through the wilt virus they carry—which can be devastating for seedlings.

Spider mites

1. Affected leaves become reddish brown and bronzy.

2. Severe infestation larvae silken webbing on the leaves.

3. Leaves wither and dry.

4. Flower and fruit formation affected.