Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a new pest of Aloe arborescens Miller in Europe

Phytoparasitica

Volume 43, Issue 5, 1 November 2015, Pages 689-692

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Mateus, C.^ac , 

Franco, J.C.^bd, 

Caetano, M.F.^b, 

Borges da Silva, E.^bd, 

Ramos, A.P.^bc, 

Figueiredo, E.^bc, 

Mound, L.^e

 

^a  Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, IP (INIAV), Av. da República, Oeiras, Portugal
^b  Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
^c  Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture Food Research Centre (LEAF), ISA, Lisboa, Portugal 

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Abstract

Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) was detected in several localities in the region of Lisbon, in Portugal, infesting Aloe arborescens Miller (Asphodelaceae) and causing considerable damage. This is the first record of this thrips in Europe and in the Palaearctic region. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Author keywords

Aloe; invasive species; Portugal; thrips

ISSN: 03342123 CODEN: PHPRASource Type: Journal Original language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s12600-015-0492-zDocument Type: Article

Publisher: Springer Netherlands