SA no longer has Scirtothrips dorsalis

Publication Date

Fri, 26 Jan 2007, 00:00

Last Updated

Jan. 25, 2007, 9:01 a.m.

Report Number

ZAF-01/2

Country

South Africa

Pest Id

Scirtothrips dorsalis - (SCITDO)

Report Status

Final

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Absent: pest no longer present

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Absent: pest no longer present

Geographical Distribution

A paper by Rugman-Jones et al. 2006. Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 1813-1819 shows that based on molecular differences the thrips species identified as Scirtothrips dorsalis that can commonly be found on Ricinus communis in South Africa is not the

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