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Thysanoptera as Invasive Alien Species
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Thysanoptera as Invasive Alien Species

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 2024

Special Issue Editors

Dr. David A.J. Teulon

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New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Interests: aphids; thrips; IPM; biosecurity; biocontrol; insect behaviour; population dynamics; forecasting pest outbreaks
Dr. Mette-Cecilie Krause Nielsen

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The New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Interests: entomology; small insect vectors; vector biology; integrated pest management; Thysanoptera diagnostics; biological and chemical management; chemical ecology; insect-host plant interactions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Thysanoptera or thrips are important plant pests and vectors of debilitating plant viruses throughout the world.  Many thrips species are invasive with several thrips pests now having global distributions with others threatening to expand their geographical range.  

Like many small insect species, thrips have distinct biological characteristics that underpin their success as invasive species and that challenge our ability to mitigate their negative impact.  New knowledge and its application to practical solutions for biosecurity, pest management and market access are urgently needed. 

In this Special Issue, we seek to expand knowledge on thrips biology and ecology and invasiveness, especially in the face of increasing global connectivity, climate change and pest evolution to advance the basis for sustainable pest management solutions.  While there is likely to be a focus on certain key thrips pest species, we would welcome research from a variety of thrips species from different plant systems and locations in the world, to illustrate the breath of challenges we face from the pests found in this unique insect order.

Dr. David A.J. Teulon
Dr. Mette-Cecilie Krause Nielsen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • insect ecology
  • population biology
  • host plant interactions
  • biosecurity
  • pest management
  • impact

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Frankliniella panamensis (Insecta: Thysanoptera), an Emerging Global Threat or Not? Evidence from the Literature
by Helena Brochero, Megan Gee, Mette-Cecilie Nielsen and David A. J. Teulon
Insects 2025, 16(12), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121230 - 4 Dec 2025
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Frankliniella panamensis Hood 1925 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a thrips species of increasing interest as a potential pest of crops in Central and South America and as a contaminant in international trade, especially for ornamentals. We identify, collate, summarize, and critically analyze information from [...] Read more.
Frankliniella panamensis Hood 1925 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a thrips species of increasing interest as a potential pest of crops in Central and South America and as a contaminant in international trade, especially for ornamentals. We identify, collate, summarize, and critically analyze information from national, regional, and international sources, on the taxonomy, diagnostics, distribution, biology and ecology, pest status, and pest management of F. panamensis. Approximately 90 articles of relevance were identified. Most were locatable in either Google or Google Scholar, but electronic or hard copies were sometimes difficult to obtain. The taxonomic status of F. panamensis is established. After past issues, especially those that related to the distinction between F. panamensis and Frankliniella occidentalis, suitable morphological and molecular diagnostics for F. panamensis have been developed. F. panamensis has mostly been recorded from between 1400 and 3600 m asl in several Central and South American countries and especially in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Adults of F. panamensis have been recorded from flowers and leaves of many endemic and introduced plants, including weeds, in Central and South America, but details on the feeding and breeding hosts for this thrips species are rare. F. panamensis seems to be multivoltine and exhibits arrhenotoky. F. panamensis is clearly a transitory species in some protected crops but there is little evidence as to whether it maintains breeding populations under these conditions. F. panamensis is listed as a pest in several South American publications, but we found little published evidence of direct or indirect damage caused by the species to any cultivated or uncultivated plant species. Until the pest status of F. panamensis is clarified, this species will probably remain a quarantine issue in international trade in some countries. We identify knowledge gaps and priority areas for future research. Full article
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