Polyphagy in the Australian population of South African citrus thrips (Scirtothrips aurantii Faure)

Garms, Brian; Mound, Laurence A; Schellhorn, Nancy A

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Polyphagy in the Australian population of South African citrus thrips (Scirtothrips aurantii Faure)

Date

2013

Authors

Garms, Brian

Mound, Laurence A

Schellhorn, Nancy A

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The South African citrus thrips, Scirtothrips aurantiiFaure, 1929, is highly polyphagous in its country of origin. Introduced to Australia in about 2002, populations of this thrips have been found only on the pasture weed Mother of Millions, Bryophyllum d