EPPO Global Database

Echinothrips americanus(ECHTAM)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 1989
From CABI Pest map 748 (2011): Present, few occurrences
References
* Collins WD (2010) Thysanoptera of Great Britain: a revised and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2412, 21-41.

* Collins D (1998) Recent interceptions of Echinothrips americanus (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) imported into England. Entomological Monthly Magazine 134, 1-4.
------- First found in February 1989 at Syon Butterfly House, Brentford.

* Marullo, R.; Pollini, A. (1999) Echinothrips americanus, a new pest of the Italian greenhouses. Informatore fitopatologico, no. 6, 61-64.