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Species Parthenothrips dracaenae - Parlour Palm Thrips

Unknown housplant bugs - Parthenothrips dracaenae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Family Thripidae

Subfamily Panchaetothripinae

Genus Parthenothrips

Species dracaenae (Parlour Palm Thrips)

Other Common Names

Palm Thrips

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heliothrips dracaenae Heeger, 1854

Parthenothrips concolor Uzel, 1895

Explanation of Names

Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger, 1854)

Range

Probably native to Australia, now found worldwide (1)

Food

Feeds on a variety of plants, typically palms, especially the cultivated palm Howea forsteriana (1)

Works Cited

1.	Hoddle M.S., Mound L.A., Paris D.L. (2012) Thrips of California. CBIT Publishing, Queensland

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 16 April, 2016 - 6:46pm

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