EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips citri(SCITCI)

Distribution details in Thailand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
Noted as present in EFSA PHL (2018) based on an interception made by the UK in a consigment from Thailand. However, this record is considered erroneous by Defra (2015).
Defra (2015) noted that "There is a single record on Europhyt referring to a UK interception in 2003 on Festuca pratensis originating from Thailand (Europhyt, 2003). However, this seems to be an error, and the UK has no record of such a finding.
References
* Defra (2015) Rapid Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for: Scirtothrips citri. 16 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/db5d5e19-3ec0-4371-92df-ba7067403b69.

* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) (2018) Jeger M, Bragard C, Caffier D, Candresse T, Chatzivassiliou E, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Gilioli G, Grégoire J-C, Jaques Miret JA, Navarro MN, Niere B, Parnell S, Potting R, Rafoss T, Rossi V, Urek G, Van Bruggen A, Van der Werf W, West J, Winter S, Gardi C and MacLeod A. Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Scirtothrips citri. EFSA Journal 16(3), 5189, 23 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5189