Taxonomic information	Current valid scientific name: Thrips palmi Karny * Synonyms: Thrips clarus Moulton, 1928; Thrips leucadophilus Priesner, 1936; Thrips gossypicola Ramakrishna & Margabandhu,1939; Chloethrips aureus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1967 Thrips gracilis Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1968. Name used in the EU legislation: Thrips palmi Karny [THRIPL] Order: Thysanoptera Family: Thripidae Common name: oriental thrips, palm thrips, southern yellow thrips Name used in the Dossier: Thrips palmi * see Symptoms: confusion with other pests
Group	Insects
EPPO code	THRIPL
Regulated status	Thrips palmi is regulated in the European Union, and it is listed in the Union Quarantine pests: Annex II Part A – Pests not known to occur in the European Union. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. A1 list: East Africa (2001), Egypt (2018), Southern Africa (2001), Argentina (2019), Chile (2019), Paraguay (1993), Uruguay (1993), Bahrain (2003), Jordan (2013), Kazakhstan (2017), Azerbaijan (2007), Georgia (2018), Moldova (2006), Russia (2014), Turkey (2016), Ukraine (2019), EAEU (2016), EPPO (1988) A2 list: CAHFSA (1990), COSAVE (2018) Quarantine: Morocco (2018), Tunisia (2012), Mexico (2018), Israel (2009), Norway (2012), New Zealand (2000)
Pest status in Mexico	Present: few occurrences (EPPO, Online; CABI CPC, Online)
Pest status in the EU	Absent (EPPO, Online; CABI CPC, Online)
Host status on Momordica charantia L.	According to the Pest categorisation of Thrips palmi (EFSA, 2019), Momordica charantia is one of the main host plants of Thrips palmi.
PRA information	Pest Risk Assessments currently available: Final group pest risk analysis for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut‐flower and foliage imports (Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2017) Pest categorisation of Thrips palmi (EFSA Scientific Opinion, 2019)
Interceptions (Europhyt – TRACES‐NT)	There are 10 interceptions of T. palmi on M. charantia fruits (eight times) and Momordica fruits (twice) originating from Mexico between 2018 and 2019 in the EU. A single interception has been notified form Switzerland.
Surveillance information	The National Service for Health, Safety and Agrifood Quality (Senasica) of Mexico implements ‘National Campaign Against Eastern Thrips’ since 2011 (Senasica, 2011; 2018ab). For T. palmi, there is a specific sampling methodology in the field as well as instalment of five blue sticky traps per field, which are checked every 3 weeks in areas under phytosanitary control. Sampling is carried out twice a week, starting from the establishment of the crop and until the beginning of the harvest. Field measures are carried out by the technicians of the producer, based on the pests under surveillance, their operational actions, symptom and damage guides, fact sheets, technical reports and consultation of operating manuals operated by Senasica.