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Photograph comparing Taiwanese thrip (left) and Western flower thrip (right) - thrip length approximately 2 mm.

Examples of insect vectors: Taiwanese thrip (left) and Western #ower thrip (right)

A number of thrips species are known vectors of TSV. They include:

  • Frankliniella schultzei (tomato thrips)
  • Megalurothrips usitatus (bean blossom thrips)
  • Scirtothrips doralis (strawberry thrips)
  • Thrips parvispinus (Taiwanese thrips)
  • Thrips tabaci (onion thrips)
  • Frankliniella occidentalis (Western #ower thrips)
  • Microcephalothrips abdominalis (composite thrips)

The photos show the Taiwanese and Western #ower thrips species. The other species
are similar in appearance. All thrips are less than two millimetres in length.

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