EPPO Global Database

Frankliniella occidentalis(FRANOC)

Distribution details in Sweden

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1980s
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution (2019-02)
From CABI Pest map 538 (1999): Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service 486 (1987).

EPPO Reporting Service 512/04 (1991): intercepted several times in 1990.

Widespread on ornamentals but rare in vegetables, according to report to EPPO Conference in Pruhonice (1998).

From NPPO (2019): widespread in greenhouses but occasionally found in the field as it does not survive winter conditions in Sweden.
References
* Gertsson CA (2015) An annotated checklist of Thysanoptera (thrips) from the Nordic countries. Entomologisk Tidskrift 136 (4), 185-198.
------- Indoors (Skåne).

* NPPO of Sweden (2019-02).

* Pettersson, M. L. (1986) Vaxtskyddsnotiser 50 (1), 13-16.
------- First record, on Saintpaulia ionantha.

* Pettersson, M. L. (1994) Vaxtskyddsnotiser 58 (1), 21-26.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Finland Present, restricted distribution view...
Norway Present, restricted distribution view...