EPPO Global Database

Thrips palmi(THRIPL)

Distribution details in Cuba

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2003: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 480 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/114) : claim by Cuban government that US deliberately introduced T. palmi into Cuba by means of a crop-spraying aircraft.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/162) : first found in March 1997. Mainly in west. Main affected crops are beans, potato, cucumber and water melon. Recorded on many other vegetable crops.
References
* Anonymous (1997) US News in Brief – US denies deliberate pest release in Cuba. Agrow, no. 280, p 16.

* Elizondo AI, Murguido CA, Pérez I, Piedra F, Peña E, Martínez M, Martell M, de los Ángeles Fernández M, Sariol H, Rodríguez S, Jiménez R (2003) Thrips palmi Karny en la agricultura cubana. Fitosanidad 7(2), 19-24.
------- in Pinar del Río, Havana, Havana City and Matanzas provinces. Mainly damaging on potato, bean, and capsicum.

* Moreno LV, Rodríquez E (1999) Plantas hospedantes de Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) en Cuba. Fitosanidad 15(3), 37-40.

* Pollard GV (1997) Thrips palmi in Cuba. CPPC Circular Letter, no. 1/97, 1st June 1997. FAO Sub Regional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados.