Liothrips (Liothrips) jatrophae

Nomenclatural details

Rhynchothrips brevitubus Moulton, 1929: 19

Liothrips jatrophae Mound, Goldarazena, Lopez-Guillen & Hance, 2016: 596. Replacement name for brevitubus Moulton, not brevitubus Karny.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mexico causing leaf deformation; subsequently recognised as a pest on crops of Jatropha curcans.

References

Moulton D (1929) New Mexican Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 6: 11–20.

Mound L, Goldarazena A, Lopez-Guillen G & Hance T (2016) Replacement names for two homonyms of Liothrips brevitubus Karny: one from California, the other for a species damaging Jatropha crops in Mexico. Zootaxa 4208 (6): 594–599. []

Type information

Holotype female of R. brevitubus Moulton, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.