EPPO Global Database

Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 475 (2010): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1994/219) : the most frequent pest of Japanese citrus groves, although it has only recently become an important pest.
References
* Furuhashi K, Serizawa S (1994) Present situation in the control of citrus insect pests and diseases in Japan. Agrochemicals Japan no. 64, 8-11.

* Moriya N, Inada T, Kinjo S, Kinjo K, Kijima K, Ganaha-Kikumura T (2018) [Geographical distribution of yellow tea thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis(Thysanoptera: Thripidae), strains infesting cultivated mango in Okinawa Prefecture]. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 62(4), 257-261 (in Japanese).
------- Okinawa prefecture (several islands of the Ryukyu archipelago).

* Mound, L. A.; Palmer, J. M. (1981) Bulletin of Entomological Research 71 (3), 467-479.