EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)

Distribution details in Jamaica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1995
From CABI Pest map 475 (2010): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/057) : first reported in 1995 but no major outbreak has been reported since (lastest information is from 2008).
References
* Klassen W, Seal DR, Ciomperlik MA, Fieslemann DA (2008) The chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: current status in the Greater Caribbean Region. Proceeedings of the Caribbean food crops society, 44(1), 103-117.
------- presence to be confirmed.

* INTERNET
Jha KV, Seal DR, Kakkar G (2009) Chilli thrips. Scirtothrips dorsalis. Featured Creatures. University of Florida, USA. http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/thrips/chilli_thrips.htm