Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)
Distribution details in United Kingdom
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2008
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control. Present under containment at one botanical site only and is absent from agricultural and horticultural environments (2015-11)
First recorded in: 2008
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control. Present under containment at one botanical site only and is absent from agricultural and horticultural environments (2015-11)
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/071) : first found in May 2008 in 3 glasshouses of a botanical garden in the South of England. Phytosanitary measures could eradicate it in 2 glasshouses. In February 2012, the outbreak was still ongoing in 1 glasshouse. Eradication continues.
From NPPO (2015-11): eradication is continuing in one glasshouse (botanical site).
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/037) : a study on potential host plants was carried out in the infested glasshouse (Palm House, Kew Gardens). Many plants (40%) of the collections were found to be susceptible hosts. Eradication measures were applied in the Palm House, and the pest is currently no longer found.
From NPPO (2015-11): eradication is continuing in one glasshouse (botanical site).
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/037) : a study on potential host plants was carried out in the infested glasshouse (Palm House, Kew Gardens). Many plants (40%) of the collections were found to be susceptible hosts. Eradication measures were applied in the Palm House, and the pest is currently no longer found.
* Collins DW (2010) Thysanoptera of Great Britain: a revised and updated checklist. Zootaxa. 2412, 21-41.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom. Scirtothrips dorsalis (2009-01-28). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2014-06, 2015-11).
* Personal communication with Dr Eyre (Fera, 2012-03).
* Scott-Brown AS, Hodgetts J, Hall J, Simmonds MJS, Collins DW (2018) Potential role of botanic garden collections in predicting hosts at risk globally from invasive pests: a case study using Scirtothrips dorsalis. Journal of Pest Science 91(2), 601-611.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom. Scirtothrips dorsalis (2009-01-28). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2014-06, 2015-11).
* Personal communication with Dr Eyre (Fera, 2012-03).
* Scott-Brown AS, Hodgetts J, Hall J, Simmonds MJS, Collins DW (2018) Potential role of botanic garden collections in predicting hosts at risk globally from invasive pests: a case study using Scirtothrips dorsalis. Journal of Pest Science 91(2), 601-611.