European flower thrips fact sheet
European flower thrips is an exotic pest species not found in Australia. It is a serious agricultural pest that can decimate crops by reducing crop quality, quantity and marketability. It is distributed throughout the Americas, including the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific, including New Zealand. European flower thrips can act as vectors for tospoviruses, including tomato chlorotic spot virus, groundnut ringspot virus, impatiens necrotic spot orthotospovirus, and tomato spotted wilt virus.
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