Ecacanthothrips leai

Nomenclatural details

Ecacanthothrips leai Moulton, 1947: 176.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on dead branches. Recorded from Java, Japan, Solomon Islands and New Guinea (Mound & Palmer, 1978).

References

Moulton D (1947) Thysanoptera from New Guinea, the Philippine Islands and the Malay Peninsular. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 23: 172–180.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Type information

Holotype female, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.