Tuta absoluta Meyr. is an invasive alien species that entered the territory of Ukraine as a result of anthropogenic factors in 2010 with a shipment of infected tomatoes from Turkey. Visual inspection and pheromone traps were used to detect and register the South American tomato moth, which were installed according to the generally accepted methodology. The analysis of the current state of distribution of the South American tomato moth in Ukraine and the world was carried out according to the data of the Department of Phytosanitary Safety in the fields of seed and nursery production of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection. To achieve the goals, the ways and reasons for penetration were determined T. absoluta to Ukraine. Setting the quarantine status of harmful organisms in Ukraine in 2023 using lists A-1 and A-2 of the "List of regulated harmful organisms". The quarantine status of the American tomato moth has been established in Ukraine in 2023. As the results of study we determined the dynamics of the distribution and number of the pest from 2015 to 2023; and the area of pest infestation in Ukraine and in each infected region; the number of infected regions, districts, cities, settlements, homesteads, farms of all forms of ownership from 2015 to 2023.