Frankliniella curta

Nomenclatural details

Isochaetothrips unicolor Moulton, 1933: 128.

Frankliniella curta Hood, 1942: 654.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Trinidad (F. curta) and Brazil (I. unicolor). Recorded from Costa Rica from Senecio sp. and '"Ageratum sp. flowers and from Colombia from Cattelya sp.

References

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Hood JD (1942) A century of new American Thysanoptera III. Revista de Entomologia 13: 547–678.

Moulton (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America II. Revista de Entomologia 3: 96-133.

Type information

Holotype (F. curta), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (I. unicolor), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.