Photo: Lance Osborne, University of Florida, Bugwood.org |
- Attacks over 100 species, particularly greenhouse crops
- Adults are brown (1.6 mm in length) with red between segments
- Feeding damage results in shallow puncture wounds on the leaves, reduced leaf size and lightening of colour
- Black spots (faecal droppings) left on leaf surfaces
- Potential to act as a vector of plant pathogens
- Can spread with infested plant material
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High priority pest of: Production nurseries
Scientific name: Echinothrips americanus
EPPRD Category:
Life Form: Thrips (THYSANOPTERA)
Pest Documents
FS: fact sheet
CP: contingency plan
DP: diagnostic protocol
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