EPPO Global Database

Thrips setosus(THRISE)

Distribution details in Sweden

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, intercepted only
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, intercepted only (2018-10)
Comments
Routine surveillance programmes (official plant health checks in nurseries, glasshouses, garden centers etc.) never detected the pest. Not included in the checklist of Thysanoptera by Gertsson (2015).

From NPPO (2018): a few specimens were found on potted plants in garden centres in July 2018 during official surveys. These findings are considered as interceptions.
References
* Gertsson CA (2015) An annotated checklist of Thysanoptera (thrips) from the Nordic countries. Entomologisk Tidskrift 136 (4), 185-198.

* NPPO of Sweden (2016-10, 2018-10).