Bagnalliella yuccae

Nomenclatural details

Cephalothrips yuccae Hinds, 1902: 194
Haplothrips ryani Moulton, 1929: 131
Haplothrips yuccae Savenko, 1944: 1005

Biology and distribution

Described from Amherst, Massachusetts and Washington DC. from Yucca filamentosa (Asparagaceae).

Distribution: Originally from western USA, but now widespread worldwide on cultivated yucca plants.

References

Cott HE (1956) Systematics of the suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) in California. University of California, Berkeley, Publications in Entomology 13: 1–216.

Tree DJ (2010) Intrapopulation Variation in an Australian Population of the North American Thrips, Bagnalliella yuccae (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), A New Record from Australia. Florida Entomologist 93: 346–351.

Type information

Syntypes ♂ & ♀: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.