EPPO Global Database

Frankliniella occidentalis(FRANOC)

Distribution details in Sri Lanka

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1996
From CABI Pest map 538 (1999): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/183) : found in early 1996 in nurseries. Found on Alstroemeria and Gypsophila.
References
* Oda, Y.; Kahawatta, U. C.; Rajapaksha, J. P.; Rajapaksha, H. (1997) Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan 33, 71-73.
------- First record. Source: FAO (1999) GPPIS. WWW at http://pppis.fao.org/.

* Tillekaratne K, Edirisinghe JP, Gunatilleke CVS, Karunaratne WAP (2011) Survey of thrips in Sri Lanka: A checklist of thrips species, their distribution and host plants. Ceylon Journal of Science 40(2), 89-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/cjsbs.v40i2.3926