Scirtothrips aurantii(SCITAU)
Distribution details in Australia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2000s
First recorded in: 2000s
In Queensland and northern New South Wales, not affecting citrus.
* Hoddle M & Mound LA (2003) The genus Scirtothrips in Australia. Zootaxa 268, 1–40.
* Rafter MA, Gillions RM, Walter GH (2008) Generalist herbivores in weed biological control – a natural experiment with a reportedly polyphagous thrips. Biological Control 44, 188-195.
* Mound LA & Tree DJ (2020) Thysanoptera Australiensis – Thrips of Australia. Lucidcentral.org, Identic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/thrips_australia/keys/Thripinae_Australia/key/austhripinae/Media/Html/Entities/scirtothrips_aurantii.htm
* Rafter MA, Gillions RM, Walter GH (2008) Generalist herbivores in weed biological control – a natural experiment with a reportedly polyphagous thrips. Biological Control 44, 188-195.
* Mound LA & Tree DJ (2020) Thysanoptera Australiensis – Thrips of Australia. Lucidcentral.org, Identic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/thrips_australia/keys/Thripinae_Australia/key/austhripinae/Media/Html/Entities/scirtothrips_aurantii.htm