Helionothrips lepidus

Nomenclatural details

Helionothrips lepidus Priesner, 1936: 208.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Njala, Sierra Leone from Ageratum conyzoides. Recorded from Malawi, Tanzania and Democratic republic of the Congo. Collected from Cola, cocoa and tobacco.

References

Priesner H (1936) Über einige neue wenig bekannte Thysanopteren. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 5: 208–214.

Wilson TH (1975) A monograph of the subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 23: 1–354.

Type information

Holotype female, The Natural History Museum, London.