Abstract
Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood is a pernicious invasive pest of several horticultural crops worldwide, causing economic losses to growers due to the damage caused to plants and in pest management costs. It has a wide host range among ornamental, vegetable, and fruit crops, and is known to feed on over 200 plant taxa. Apart from aesthetic, cosmetic or economic damage afflicted by feeding and oviposition on the host, S. dorsalis also vectors plant-damaging tospoviruses. Their high reproductive potential, multivoltine life-history, long host list, and ability to adapt to a wide range of climatic conditions help explain its presence on the exotic pest lists of many countries. Earlier considered to be single species, recent works demonstrated that S. dorsalis is a cryptic species complex of at least nine different species, two of which (South Asia 1 and East Asia 1) are found in the Continental United States. This study outlines the current information about the distribution and host range of the two thrips species within the US and highlights the available management tool for the dominant member (South Asia 1) of this species complex.
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