Filicopsothrips wellsae

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Filicopsothrips wellsae wingtip
Filicopsothrips wellsae female pronotum

Nomenclatural details

Filicopsothrips wellsae Mound, 1999: 268.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Caledonia, on tree fern fronds.

References

Mound LA (1999) Saltatorial leaf-feeding Thysanoptera (Thripidae: Dendrothripinae) from Australia and New Caledonia, with newly recorded pests of ferns, figs and mulberries. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 257–273.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.