Chaetanaphothrips orchidii

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips orchidii Moulton, 1907: 52.
Euthrips marginemtorquens Karny, 1914: 362.

Biology and distribution

Described from Java, Indonesia in leaf rolls of Elatostemma sesquifolium (E. marginemtorquens) and California USA (E. orchidii). Recorded from Japan. Widespread around the world. In Europe usually only in greenhouses; however, since 2016 reported as a pest on Citrus.
Pest species infesting the leaves of many different plants.

References

Moulton D (1907) A contribution to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera of California. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology 12/3: 39–68.

Karny H (1914) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gallen von Java. Zweite Mitteilung über die javanischen Thysanopterocecidien und deren Bewohner. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 10: 355–369.

Kudo I (1985) The Japanese species of the genus Chaetanaphothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Kontyu 53: 311–328.

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

Hoddle HS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of California 2012. LINK

Type information

Lectotype ♀ (E. orchidii): California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Lectotype ♀ (E. marginemtorquens): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.