Frankliniella minuta

Frankliniella minuta head & pronotum [L A Mound]

Frankliniella minuta tergite VIII [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips minuta Moulton, 1907: 56.

Euthrips setosus Crawford DL, 1909: 105.

Frankliniella luminosa Moulton, 1948: 60.

Biology and Distribution

Described from California USA (E. minuta, E. setosus) and Mexico (F. luminosa). Recorded from Costa Rica on Calea flowers and Verbesina turbaiensis. Also known from Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Peru and Hawaii USA.

References

Moulton D (1907) A contribution to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera of California. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology 12/3: 39–68.

Crawford DL (1909) On some Thysanoptera from Mexico and the south. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 1: 109–119.

Moulton D (1948) The genus Frankliniella Karny, with keys for the determination of species (Thysanoptera). Revista de Entomologia 19: 55–114.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Type information

Holotype female (E. minuta), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Syntype female (E. setosus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.