EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)

Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2005
From CABI Pest map 475 (2010): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2005/187) : sporadically reported in Florida in 1990s. In 2005, reported in Palm Beach and Orlando counties.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/057) : first found in October 1991 (Okeechobee County) it is now reported on numerous landscape ornamentals and plants in retail.

Panthi et al. (2021): pest of pepper, rose, strawberry, blueberry, and minor pest of landscape and nursery plants.
References
* Diffie S, Edwards GB, Mound LA (2008) Thysanoptera of Southeastern U.S.A.: A checklist for Florida and Georgia, Zootaxa, 1787: 45–62.

* 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
- NAPPO Pest Alert - Detection of the Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood) in Florida (posted on 2005-11-08). http://www.pestalert.org
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service. Pest Alert - Chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) A new pest thrips for Florida by G Hodges, GB Edwards, W Dixon (2005-10). http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/chillithrips.html

* Kumar V, Seal DR, Kakkar G, McKenzie CL, Osborne LS (2012) New tropical fruit hosts of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and its relative abundance on them in South Florida. Florida Entomologist, 95(1):205-207.

* Mannion CM, Derksen AI, Seal DR, Osborne LS, Martin CG (2014) Population dynamics of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and other thrips species on two ornamental host plant species in Southern Florida. Environmental Entomology 43(4), 849-858.

* Panthi BR, Renkema JM, Lahiri S, Liburd OE (2021) The short-range movement of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and rate of spread of feeding injury among strawberry plants. Environmental Entomology, 50(1), 12–18, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa149

Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Absent, intercepted only view...
Canada Ontario Absent, intercepted only view...
Mexico Present, restricted distribution view...