Haplothrips verbasci

Nomenklatural details

Phloeothrips verbasci Osborn, 1897: 228.
Trichothrips femoralis Moulton, 1907: 61.

Biology and distribution

Described from Iowa USA (P. verbasci) and California USA (T. femoralis).

Distribution: Haplothrips verbasci is considered to be native to northern Europe, but is now widely distributed in North America. It has also been recorded from North Africa.
The species lives in flowers, on leaves and stems of mulleins, Verbascum spp. [Scrophulariaceae].

References

Osborn H (1896) Notes on a new species of Phleothrips, with description. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 3: 228.

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

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

Minaei K, Azemayeshfard P & Mound LA (2007) The southern Palaearctic genus Neoheegeria (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): redefinition and key to species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 55–64.

Type information

Syntype (T. femoralis): California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Types of P. verbasci: unknown.