Common name: Thrips
Order: Thysanoptera
Affects: Citrus, fruit trees, peppers, aubergines, etc.
Predominant season: All year
Thrips are small insects belonging to the order of Thysanoptera They can be a major agricultural pest due to the direct and indirect damage they cause when feeding on a wide variety of plants. This affects to vegetable, fruit or ornamental crops, both outdoors or in greenhouses.
Currently, there are more than 6.000 thrips species known to exist worldwide, of which only about 20 species cause agricultural damage from temperate to tropical regions. As the trade in the agricultural sector becomes more globalised, thrips are emerging as one of the fastest spreading pests. Regulating thrips populations can be complicated due to their ability to develop resistance to pesticides and their fast life cycle, allowing them to reproduce rapidly. Thrips biocontrol through the use of pheromones and traps is an effective and sustainable strategy that allows this pest to be managed without resorting to the excessive use of chemicals.
Trips life cycle
Given the wide variety of thrips species that are found, it is difficult to provide an exact description of the insect. In general terms, they measure between 1 and 3 mm and have an elongated and narrow body. Their name alludes to the fringed hairs that emerge from their narrow, fringed wings. Their mouthparts are of the sucking type and are adapted to whether the species is phytophagous, carnivorous, ectoparasitic or mycophagous.
Some of the most important thrips species, according to the damage they cause to crops, are:
Scirtothrips aurantii (citrus thrips): affects citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, mandarins, grapefruit, etc.), vines, mangoes, pomegranates, among many others.
Scirtothrips dirsalis (chilli thrips): affects crops such as mango, grape, strawberry, bean, tomato and aubergine crops among others.
Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips): found in onion, garlic, leek, cabbage, tobacco, etc
Thrips tabaci (onion thrips): Found in onions, garlic, leeks, cabbages, tobacco, etc.
Hercinothrips femoralis: Frequent in bananas, orchids, other tropical crops, etc.
Thrips palmi: Common in aubergine, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, etc.
Thrips cause damages such as:
Between 1 and 3 traps per hectare should be set. Traps should be present in the crop two to three weeks before the flight period of the insect.
For an exhaustive monitoring of the pest, the number of traps installed need to be increased based on the location, surface and homogeneity of the crops. A minimal density of 20 to 50 traps per hectare is recommended, although this quantity can be enlarged up to 1 trap per 30 m2 according to the user’s criteria and based on the crop.
Trips tend to appear more frequently during spring and summer due to the warm, dry conditions that favour their development and reproduction.
An aggregation pheromone diffuser to attract both sexes of Thysanoptera como Frankliniella occidentalis, Megalurothrips usitatus o Thrips tabaci. It has a minimal in-field duration of 30 days.
ECONEX THRIPS SPP ATTRACTANT 30 DAYS 1 UNIT.
Code: UIPHOVA502
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 005/2025
ECONEX THRIPS SPP ATTRACTANT 30 DAYS 50 UNITS.
Code: UIPHOVA504
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 005/2025
The use of ECONEX BLUE CHROMATIC, ECONEX BLUE ROLL, ECONEX YELLOW CHROMATIC, ECONEX YELLOW ROLL or ECONEX WATER TRAP (ECO) . is recommended. The colour choice of the chromatic trap will depend on the incidence of sunlight, either blue or yellow traps being employed.
The chromatic traps are light-resistant, pressure-sensitive and solvent-free adhesive traps. The traps are activated by removing the silicone paper that covers the adhesive, in the case of sheet traps, and by unfolding them, in the case of rolls. They will be operational 24 hours a day for 6 to 8 weeks, or until are completely saturated of insects.
ECONEX YELLOW CHROMATIC 40 X 25 CM 1 UNIT PACK
Code: UIPFETA125
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 029/2023
ECONEX YELLOW CHROMATIC 20 X 25 CM 1 UNIT PACK
Code: UIPFETA164
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 029/2023
ECONEX YELLOW CHROMATIC 10 X 25 CM 1 UNIT PACK
Code: UIPFETA168
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 029/2023
ECONEX BLUE CHROMATIC
40 X 25 CM 1 UNIT PACK
Code: UIPFETA126
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 030/2023
ECONEX BLUE CHROMATIC
20 X 25 CM
Code: UIPFETA244
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 030/2023
ECONEX BLUE CHROMATIC
10 X 25 CM 1 UNIT PACK
Code: UIPFETA245
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 030/2023
ECONEX YELLOW ROLL
100 M X 30 CM
Code: UIPFETA123
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 101/2014
ECONEX YELLOW ROLL
50 M X 30 CM
Code: UIPFETA262
ECONEX YELLOW ROLL
10 M X 15 CM
Code: UIPFETA308
ECONEX YELLOW ROLL
100 M X 15 CM
Code: UIPFETA169
ECONEX BLUE ROLL
100 M X 30 CM
Code: UIPFETA124
OMDF registration number (Spanish Ministry of agriculture): 099/2014
ECONEX BLUE ROLL
50 M X 30 CM
Code: UIPFETA263
ECONEX BLUE ROLL
100 M X 15 CM
Code: UIPFETA170
ECONEX WATER TRAP (ECO)
Code: UIPFETA246
ECONEX THRIPS SPP ATTRACTANT 30 DAYS 1 UNIT
Corrugated cardboard box containing 150 units (15 packs of 10 units)
Dimensions of the box: 0,32 x 0,24 x 0,22 m (width x length x height)
Weight of the box: 2 kg
An informative leaflet covering the use of the product is included
Box with 150 units.
ECONEX THRIPS SPP ATTRACTANT 30 DAYS 50 UNITS.
Corrugated cardboard box with 1.200 units (24 packs of 50 units)
Dimensions of the box: 0,40 x 0,60 x 0,35 m (width x length x height)
Weight of the box: 12 kg.
An informative leaflet covering the use of the product is included.
Box with 1200 units.
ECONEX ATTRACTANT FOR SPP TRIPS
Leaflet in PDF format that can be downloaded by clicking on the image.
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