Thrips Identification Guide
terminal leaves and
establish folded-leaf galls. Mating, egg
laying, and a complete generation
develop within a single gall. Adults exit
galls and migrate to [...] 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 [...] on
onion and leek, in
greenhouses found on
both ornamental and
vegetable plants.
Females 1.6 mm long, males 1.3 mm.
Dark brown to black and armoured.