DNA Barcode sequence of Necremnus tutae Ribes & Bernardo, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), parasitoid of the tomato leaf miner, and new record for the Canary Islands.

The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a pest that causes significant losses to tomato production all over the world. Recently, it has been reported that the eulophid parasitoid, Necremnus tutae Ribes & Bernardo, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), has great potential as a biocontrol agent of this pest. Herein, we obtained and make available the reference DNA barcode sequence of N. tutae. and report on its occurrence in the Canary Islands for the first time. The possible consequences that this new record could have on the biological control of the tomato leaf miner in tomato producing greenhouses in the Canary Islands are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]