Frankliniella occidentalis
Common name (English)
Western flower thrip
Ηabitat
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
Impacts
Pest of stone fruit (Sengonca et al. 2006)
Pathway
Pathway detail
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.).
References
Sengonca C, Blaeser P, Özden Ö, Kersting U (2006) Occurrence of thrips (Thysanoptera) infestation on nectarines and its importance to fruit damage in North Cyprus. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 113(3): 128–134.
Vassiliou VA (2010) Ecology and behavior of Pezothrips kellyanus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on citrus. Journal of Economic Entomology 103: 47-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EC09114