Abstract  [Aim]  To determine the relative attractiveness of different colored sticky traps to the tomato leaf-miner moth in solar tomato greenhouses in Shandong Province. [Methods]  A trapping experiment to determine the attractiveness of different colors, and the optimal hanging height, position, angle and orientation of colored sticky traps, was performed. [Results]  Black and red sticky traps captured the most tomato leaf-miner moths; 14.30 and 11.75 ind./trap, respectively, followed by rose sticky traps (6.20 ind./trap) and blue sticky trap (4.75 ind./trap). Yellow, green, pink and white sticky traps were less effective. The number of moths caught in black sticky traps decreased with trap height, and was best when traps were close to the ground. More moths (up to 85.45 ind./trap) tended to be caught in black sticky traps situated at the southern end, or side, of greenhouses than the north. Relatively high numbers of moths were caught in black sticky traps situated at the eastern and western ends, or sides, of greenhouses, with relatively few caught in the middle of the east-west axis. The number caught at the eastern and western ends, or sides, of greenhouses reached 153.00 and 104.00 ind./trap, respectively. Trapping effectiveness was also closely related to the angle of the black sticky trap surface to the horizontal plane, and was highest when traps was orientated vertically to the ground (35.60 ind./trap). Trapping effectiveness was also closely related to the orientation of black sticky traps to the greenhouse ridge; more moths were caught in traps hanging along the ridge line (up to 35.60 ind./trap). [Conclusion]  Black or red sticky traps used to monitor the occurrence of tomato leaf-miner moths in greenhouses should be hung at the eastern and western sides of greenhouses, towards the southern end, close to the ground and along the ridge line.