Scolothrips pallidus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips pallida Beach, 1896: 226.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Iowa USA from bean, elm blueberry and hop. Also referred to Argentina, Galapagos Islands and Iraq. It is possible that this species represents a form of Scolothrips sexmaculatus that have developed at higher temperatures.

References

Beach AM (1896) Contribution to a knowledge of the Thripidae of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 3: 214–227.

Mound LA (2011) Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45–53.

Type information

Unknown.