Florida thrips fact sheet
Florida flower thrips infests most angiosperms (flowering plants) and is a serious agricultural pest found overseas. It is native to the United States, generally being restricted to Florida and southern Georgia. This exotic pest species is not found in Australia. Florida flower thrips can act as a vector for tospoviruses, including tomato chlorotic spot virus, groundnut ringspot virus, impatiens necrotic spot orthotospovirus, and tomato spotted wilt virus. Florida flower thrips has a very broad host range and can feed on a variety of crops including citrus, blueberries, tomato, pepper, eggplant, cucumber, watermelon, squash, beans, strawberry, sweet corn, as well as ornamentals.
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