Frankliniella pulchella

Nomenclatural details

Frankliniella pulchella Hood, 1935: 163.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Recorded on Cydista aequinoctalis, Arrabidea verrucosa, Phryganocydia corymbosa and Clitoria javitensis flowers. Recorded from Costa Rica on Bignoniaceous flowers.

References

Hood JD (1935) Eleven new Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Panama. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 43: 143–171.

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

Type information

Holotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.