Frankliniella tritici

Nomenclatural details

Thrips tritici Fitch, 1855: 385.

Frankliniella varicorne Bagnall, 1919: 268.

Frankliniella fulvus Moulton, 1936: 61.

Frankliniella clara Moulton, 1948: 87.

Frankliniella salicis Moulton, 1948: 104. Synonymised by Nakahara, 1997: 377.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Wisconsin USA (T. tritici), Canada (F. varicorne), North dakota USA (F. fulvus), Japan (F. salicis), Kansas USA ('"F. clara). Widely spread in the USA.

References

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Moulton D (1948) The genus Frankliniella Karny, with keys for the determination of species (Thysanoptera). Revista de Entomologia 19: 55–114.

Moulton D (1936) New American Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 31: 61–65.

Bagnall RS (1919) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera X. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)4: 253–277.

Fitch A (1855) The wheat thrips, Thrips tritici. The three-banded thrips, Coleothrips trifasciata. Country Gentlemen 6: 385–386.

Type information

Holotype female (F. varicorne), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (F. fulvus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (F. salicis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Syntypes (F. clara), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.