EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips aurantii(SCITAU)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 137 (1961): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/081) : including Mpumalanga province, on mango.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/028) : in KwaZulu-Natal on avocado
References
* Bara GT, Laing MD (2019) Determination of the natural host status of avocado fruit to pestiferous thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa," African Entomology, 27(1), 245-253 https://doi.org/10.4001/003.027.0245
------- on avocado

* Brink, T. (1993) Yearbook - South African Mango Growers' Association 13, 131-133.

* Mound LA, Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 71, 467-479.

* Mound LA, Stiller M (2011) Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2786: 51-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204035
------- Transvaal, Zululand and Cape Province

* Samways, M. J. (1986) Bulletin of Entomological Research 76 (4), 649-659.

* From APPPC
------- Present, no details