Trichromothrips formosus

Nomenclatural details

Trichromothrips formosus Masumoto & Okajima, 2005: 11.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tokyo, Japan from Aucuba japonica leaves. Also taken from Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum japonicum, Machilus thunbergii, Pleioblastus chino, Polystichum polyblepharum, Quercus glauca, Lygodium japonicum and Fraxinus griffithii. Recorded from Taiwan on Liquidambar formosana and Osmanthus fragrans.

References

Masumoto M & Okajima S (2005) Trichromothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of four new species and a review of the Trichromothrips group of genera. Zootaxa 1082: 1–27.

Type information

Holotype female, Tokyo University of Agriculture.