Leptothrips mali

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips mali Fitch, 1854: 806.

Cryptothrips aspersus Hinds, 1902: 205.

Cryptothrips californicus Daniel, 1904: 293.

Liothrips mcconelli Crawford DL, 1910: 163.

Cryptothrips adirondacks Watson, 1921: 83.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New York USA. Widespread in North America. Predatory as larvae and adults on small arthropods (Hoddle, Mound & Paris, 2012).

References

Fitch A (1855) The apple thrips, Phloeothrips mali. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society 14: 806–808.

Hinds WE (1902) Contribution to a monograph of the insects of the order Thysanoptera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 79–242.

Daniel SM (1904) New California Thysanoptera. Entomological News 15: 293–297.

Crawford DL (1910) Thysanoptera of Mexico and the south II. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 2: 153–170.

Watson JR (1921) New Thysanoptera from New York. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 16: 78–86.

Hoddle MS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of california [1]

Type information

Syntype, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.