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Tomato leaf folder

Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The tomato leaf folder (Rhectocraspeda periusalis) is a species in the family Crambidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the tomato leaf folder

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tomato leaf folder live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tomato leaf folder as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the tomato leaf folder endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tomato leaf folder classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyCrambidae
  6. genusPsara
  7. SpeciesRhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)

Synonyms Botys periusalis, Pilemia periusalis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Eggplant webworm mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tomato leaf folder

Other species in the same genus Psara.

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Common questions

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Is the tomato leaf folder an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tomato leaf folder as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the tomato leaf folder?

The tomato leaf folder (Rhectocraspeda periusalis) belongs to the family Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tomato leaf folder (Rhectocraspeda periusalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-leaf-folder

MLA

“Tomato leaf folder (Rhectocraspeda periusalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-leaf-folder.

BibTeX
@misc{tomato_leaf_folder_2026,
  title = {Tomato leaf folder (Rhectocraspeda periusalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tomato-leaf-folder},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}