EPPO Global Database

Thrips palmi(THRIPL)

Distribution details in Guatemala

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (93/017): the Dutch NPPO considered that infested Ficus plants from Guatemala were the cause of outbreaks in NL in late 1992.

EPPO Reporting Service (94/015): the OIRSA representative in Guatemala informs EPPO that the pest has not been recorded there. Surveys found only Gynaikothrips ficorum on ornamental Ficus.
References
* NPPO of the Netherlands, 1993-01.

* OIRSA, Guatemala, 1993-02.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Honduras Absent, unreliable record view...
Mexico Present, restricted distribution view...