Dichromothrips phalaenopsidis

Nomenclatural details

Dichromothrips phalaenopsidis Sakimura, 1955: 593.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Philippine islands from Phalaenopsis stuartiana intercepted in Honolulu. Also on P. schilleriana and P. aphrodite.

References

Mound LA (1976) Thysanoptera of the genus Dichromothrips on Old World Orchidaceae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 8: 245–265.

Sakimura (1955) A revision of the genus Dichromothrips Priesner. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 15: 583-600.

Type information

Paratype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.