Helionothrips annosus

Nomenclatural details

Helionothrips annosus Wang, 1993: 391.

Biology and distribution

Described from Taiwan. Recorded from China, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces on Cinnamomum camphora (Mirab-balou et al. 2016: 145).

Distribution: Wide-spread in China, introduced into Malaysia and Sri Lanka (Ulitzka unpublished). Living and breeding on older leaves of different Cinnamomum-species (Lauraceae). Occasionally, this species is a pest on cinnamon trees.

References

Wang C-L (1994) The Helionothrips species of Taiwan (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology): 389–398.

Mirab-balou M, Wang ZH & Tong XL (2017) Review of the Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of China, with two new species descriptions. The Canadian Entomologist 149(2): 141–158.

Type information

Paratype: Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute.