“…In Japan, INSV was first recorded on verbenas in 1999 (Iriyama et al, 1999), and occurrences of INSV infection have increased for various flower species in recent years (Fuji and Yamamoto, 2000;Tanina et al, 2001;Goto et al, 2001). Although five thrips species, F. occidentalis, F. intonsa, T. setosus, T. palmi and T. tabaci, have been confirmed as vectors of tospoviruses in Japan (Kobatake et al, 1976(Kobatake et al, , 1984Iwaki et al, 1984;Kato and Katayama, 1998;Sakurai et al, 1998;Inoue et al, 2002), the vector species of INSV have remained unknown.…”