EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2018
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/216) : first reported in 2018 in seedlings of Anacardium occidentale growing in a greenhouse in the state of Ceara.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/055) : causing damage in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production in the state of Bahia.
References
* Dias-Pini NS, Lima MGA, Lima EFB, Maciel GPS, Duarte PM (2018) Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): a newly introduced polyphagous pest in northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 47, 725–728.

* Nakayama K, Lindner MF (2022) Ocorrência do tripes da pimenta (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, [Thysanoptera: Thripidae]) em cacaueiro (Theobroma cacao L.). Agrotrópica 34(2), 121 - 130.
------- on Theobroma cacao in Bahia.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Colombia Present, restricted distribution view...
French Guiana Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...
Suriname Present, no details view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...