Thrips Identification Guide
high densities, leaves
and fruit turn brown and growth is
reduced. Vector of TSWV and other
viruses.
Q-organism in the EU and not
present, but sometimes [...] leaf-dwelling thrips. They do
not feed on pollen. Often found on the
lower leaves in plants. Adults not very
active flyers and not often found on
sticky traps [...] leaves and eventually leaf death and
abscission. The species is not known to
transmit viruses.
Ornamental plants
(rose, gerbera), pepper,
cucumber and aubergine