Drepanothrips reuteri

Nomenclatural details

Drepanothrips reuteri Uzel, 1895: 213.
Drepanothrips viticola Mokrzecki, 1901: 12.
Thrips betulicola Reuter, 1901: 59.

Biology and distribution

Described from former Czechoslovakia (D. reuteri), Russia (D. viticola) and Finland (T. betulicola). Recorded from Britain, from the United States (California, Illinois) and from Chile.

Distribution: Palaearctic, widely spread in Europe; introduced to other continents.
Living on the leaves of different deciduous trees, commonly on Betula, Corylus or Quercus. In wine-growing regions pest on Vitis vinifera (»Vine thrips«).

Corresponding plant damage

References

Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Bohemia: pp. 1–472.

Mokrzecki (1901) De Physopodis in viti vivantibus. Messager Vivicole 1901 No. 12.

Reuter OM (1901) Thysanoptera fennica. Forteckning och beskrifning ofver Finska Thysanoptera. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Volume: xvii Issue: 2 69 pp.

Palmer JM (1986) Thrips in English oak trees. Entomologist’s Gazette 37: 245–252.

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

Type information

Unknown.