Caliothrips phaseoli

Nomenclatural details

Heliothrips phaseoli Hood, 1912: 113.

Heliothrips gossypii Moulton, 1927: 32.

Heliothrips braziliensis Morgan, 1929: 7.

Hercothrips ipomoeae Moulton, 1932: 481.

Caliothrips flavescentis De Santis, 1967: 3.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Brownsville, Texas USA from bean leaves (H. phaseoli), California USA from Bromus carniatus (H. gossypii) and Brazil from Ageratum conyzoides and Lycopersicum sculentum (H. braziliensis, H. ipomoeae, C. flavescentis). Also collected from Phaseolus vulgaris, cotton, grass and Gossypium hirsutum. Widely spread in the Caribbean and South America.

References

de Santis L (1967) Dos nuevas especies de Tisanópteros del Brasil. Notas Comisión de Investigación Científica, Provincia de Buenos Aires (6) 4: 3–6.

Moulton D (1932) The Thysanoptera of South America I. Revista de Entomologia 2: 451–484.

Morgan AC (1929) A new genus and five new species of Thysanoptera foreigh to the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 31: 1–9.

Moulton D (1927) Four new Californian Thysanoptera with notes on two other species. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 30–35.

Hood JD (1912) Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 129–160

Type information

Holotype female (H. phaseoli), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (H. gossypii), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Lectotype female (H. braziliensis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.