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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Thripidae |
| Genus: | Scirtothrips |
| Species: | S. dorsalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, 1919
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Scirtothrips dorsalis, the chilli thrips[derivation 1] or yellow tea thrips, is an extremely successful invasive species of pest-thrips[1] which has expanded rapidly from Asia over the last twenty years, and is gradually achieving a global distribution. It has most recently been reported in St. Vincent (2004) Florida (2005), Texas (2006), and Puerto Rico (2007). It is a pest of economic significance with a broad host range, with prominent pest reports on crops including pepper, eggplant,[2] mango, citrus, strawberry, grapes, cotton, tea, peanuts, blueberry, and roses.[3] Chilli thrips appear to feed preferentially on new growth, and infested plants usually develop characteristic wrinkled leaves, with distinctive brown scarring along the veins of leaves, the buds of flowers, and the calyx of fruit. Feeding damage can reduce the sale value of crops produced, and in sufficient numbers, kill plants already aggravated by environmental stress. This thrips has also been implicated in the transmission of three tospoviruses, but there is some controversy over its efficiency as a vector.[4]
This thrips has a rapid life cycle, and can develop from egg to adult in slightly less than two weeks under optimal weather conditions.
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- ^ Morse, JG; Hoddle, MS (2005). Invasion biology of thrips. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 67 – 89.
- ^ Funderburk, Joe (March 2004). "Managing Thrips in Pepper and Eggplant" (PDF). ars.usda.gov. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ University of Florida webpage on Chilli thrips
- ^ Whitfield AE, Ullman DE, German TL (2005). Tospovirus-thrips interactions. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 43: 459–89.