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Invasive Pest, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (thysanoptera: Thripidae) – A Looming Threat to Indian Agriculture


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1 Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, India
2 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Mandya 571 401, India
3 Division of Entomology, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore 641 003, India
4 Department of Entomology, Dr Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Guntur 534 101, India
5 Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, India
 

The status and spread of notoriously destructive and invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae) on agriculturally important crops after its first report from India is reported. Description of the species and illustrations of its diagnostic characters are provided to facilitate identification. Since 2015, this species has been collected from nine host plants belonging to seven families from five Indian states, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The establishment of this thrips species warrants special attention in India as it is a potentially damaging plant pest and has a wide host range across various plant families. Unless successful quarantine measures are put in place, the spread and subsequent depredations of cultivated crops is inevitable.

Keywords

Capsicum annuum, Quarantine, Mangifera indica, Terebrantia.
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Authors

R. R. Rachana
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, India
P. Roselin
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Mandya 571 401, India
M. Amutha
Division of Entomology, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore 641 003, India
K. Sireesha
Department of Entomology, Dr Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Guntur 534 101, India
G. Narasa Reddy
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, India

Abstract


The status and spread of notoriously destructive and invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae) on agriculturally important crops after its first report from India is reported. Description of the species and illustrations of its diagnostic characters are provided to facilitate identification. Since 2015, this species has been collected from nine host plants belonging to seven families from five Indian states, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The establishment of this thrips species warrants special attention in India as it is a potentially damaging plant pest and has a wide host range across various plant families. Unless successful quarantine measures are put in place, the spread and subsequent depredations of cultivated crops is inevitable.

Keywords


Capsicum annuum, Quarantine, Mangifera indica, Terebrantia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi2%2F211-213