Scirtothrips citri

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips citri Moulton, 1909: 119.

Scirtothrips clivicola Hood, 1957: 49.

Biology and Distribution

Described from California USA from orange (E. citri) and Chiricahua mountains, Arizona USA from grasses and herbs (S. clivicola).

References

Hood JD (1957) Fifteen new Thysanoptera from the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 70: 49–60.

Moulton D (1909) The orange thrips. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology (7) 12: 119–122

Type information

Holotype female (S. clivicola), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Lectotype female (E. citri), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.