Helionothrips lepidus

Nomenclatural details

Helionothrips lepidus Priesner, 1936: 208.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Njala, Sierra Leone from Ageratum conyzoides. Recorded from Malawi, Tanzania and Democratic republic of the Congo. Collected from Cola, cocoa and tobacco.

References

Wilson TH (1975) A monograph of the subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 23: 1–354.

Priesner H (1936) Über einige neue wenig bekannte Thysanopteren. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 5: 208–214.

Type information

Holotype female, The Natural History Museum, London.