Thrips pini

Nomenclatural details

Physopus pini Uzel, 1895: 125.
Taeniothrips laricivorus Kratochvil & Farsky, 1941: 233.
Taeniothrips pallidicornis. Basionym for laricivorus.

Biology and distribution

Described from former Czechoslovakia (P. pini) and from Switzerland. Recorded from Japan, Canada and the United States.

Distribution: widespread in Europe. Living on different conifers like Abies, Larix, Picea or Pinus. In cases of massive infestations forest pest on coniferous trees.

Corresponding plant damage

References

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

Kratochvil & Farsky, (1941) The larch thrips, Taeniothrips laricivorus n. sp., as the cause of the dying of larch shoots [tschechisch].  Lesnicka Prace Pilsen Volume 20: pp. 233–278.

Nakahara S (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture 1822: 1–183.

Type information

Unknown.