Table . Pest categorisation of phytophagous thrips Criteria for Present within Plant parts affected, Interception events for Australia Considered Considered Pest thrips Distribution inclusion Australia host plants and/or (Appendix D), and overseas further as further as an (Table 3.1) previous pathway quarantine pest orthotospovirus assessment vector THRIPIDAE Anaphothrips 6 Worldwide in Yes, Southern Leaves, commonly in leaf Interception group D; on Asparagus No No obscurus (Müller) temperate areas Australia () axils of grasses (), and spears. Fourteen interceptions from (; ) seedling cereals and Europe and/or Africa from 1983-1999 Grass thrips young grasses () and also intercepted from Europe and Africa from 1994-1999 at US ports (). Intercepted on asparagus from New Zealand, Cichorium intybus from USA, strawberry from Korea and cut-flowers of Dianthus sp. from China to Japan (; ; ) Anaphothrips 1, 6 Worldwide in Yes, widespread () Leaves of grasses and Interception group C; from a variety of No No sudanensis Trybom tropical and cereal crops (; ) pathways. One interception from subtropical Mediterranean or Africa from areas (; ) and also being intercepted from Europe and Africa from 1994-1999 at US ports (). Intercepted on Allium fistulosum from China, Asparagus officinalis from Thailand and from Zimbabwe to Japan (; ) Arorathrips 1 Widespread Yes, Qld, NSW and Leaves of citrus () and Interception group C; from rose No No mexicanus throughout the NT () also within individual flowers and vegetables. Intercepted on (Crawford) world in tropics florets of various Asparagus officinalis from Thailand and subtropics () Poaceae () and New Zealand and Chrysanthemum morifolium from South Africa to Japan (; ) Asprothrips 7 Australia, Yes, Eastern On leaves, probably None Yes (WA) No seminigricornis Marquesas Australia () polyphagous, adults have (Girault) Islands, central been found on leaves of Declared pest, and north Gardenia, Citrus and prohibited by WA () America () Ricinus ()
Table . Pest categorisation of phytophagous thrips Pest thrips Criteria for inclusion (Table 3.1) Distribution Present within Australia Plant parts affected, host plants and/or previous pathway assessment Interception events for Australia (Appendix D), and overseas Considered further as quarantine pest Considered further as an orthotospovirus vector THRIPIDAE Anaphothrips obscurus (Müller) Grass thrips 6 Worldwide in temperate areas (; ) Yes, Southern Australia () Leaves, commonly in leaf axils of grasses (), and seedling cereals and young grasses () Interception group D; on Asparagus spears. Fourteen interceptions from Europe and/or Africa from 1983-1999 and also intercepted from Europe and Africa from 1994-1999 at US ports (). Intercepted on asparagus from New Zealand, Cichorium intybus from USA, strawberry from Korea and cut-flowers of Dianthus sp. from China to Japan (; ; ) No No Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom 1, 6 Worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas (; ) Yes, widespread () Leaves of grasses and cereal crops (; ) Interception group C; from a variety of pathways. One interception from Mediterranean or Africa from and also being intercepted from Europe and Africa from 1994-1999 at US ports (). Intercepted on Allium fistulosum from China, Asparagus officinalis from Thailand and from Zimbabwe to Japan (; ) No No Arorathrips mexicanus (Crawford) 1 Widespread throughout the world in tropics and subtropics () Yes, Qld, NSW and NT () Leaves of citrus () and also within individual florets of various Poaceae () Interception group C; from rose and vegetables. Intercepted on Asparagus officinalis from Thailand and New Zealand and Chrysanthemum morifolium from South Africa to Japan (; ) No No Asprothrips seminigricornis (Girault) 7 Australia, Marquesas Islands, central and north America () Yes, Eastern Australia () Declared pest, prohibited by WA () On leaves, probably polyphagous, adults have been found on leaves of Gardenia, Citrus and Ricinus () None Yes (WA) No flowers
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