Species Frankliniella tritici

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Family Thripidae

Subfamily Thripinae

Genus Frankliniella

Species tritici (Frankliniella tritici)

Other Common Names

eastern flower thrips (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Frankliniella tritici (Fitch)

Orig. Comb: Thrips tritici Fitch 1855

Explanation of Names

tritici (L). 'wheat' (2)

Size

1.5 mm

Identification

one of a group of Frankliniella spp. in which the pedicel of antennal segment III is swollen, or enlarged in some way - TOC

see UF Extension factsheet for microscopic details for identification

Adults from se and coastal US (Florida, Georgia), are usually yellow, but adults from populations further north west are often dark brown. The possibility of a cline, or of a pair of sibling species, requires further investigation. (F. varicorne Bagnall is an available name for these darker populations.) - TOC

Range

widely dist. across NA - TOC

Food

asso. w/ a wide range of species of flowering plants - TOC

Life Cycle

primarily a flower feeder, so most damage is seen on the flower or fruit - UF Extension

on flowers of Common Milkweed (A. syriaca) and on Mead's Milkweed (A. meadii). they mostly have the potential to to damage young milkweed seedlings causing curl and distortion of the leaves (1)

Print References

Betz, R.F., W.R. Rommel & J.J. Dichtl. 2000. Insect herbivores of 12 milkweed (Asclepias) species, Pp. 7-19. In: C. Warwick (ed.). Proceedings of the Fifteenth North American Prairie Conference, Natural Areas Association, Bend, OR. (1)

Internet References

Thrips of California - TOC

UI Extension

Wikipedia

UF Extension - PDF

Works Cited

1.	Insect herbivores of 12 milkweed (Asclepias) species. Betz, R.F., W.R. Rommel & J.J. Dichtl. 2000. Pp. 7-19. In: C. Warwick (ed.). Proceedings of the 15th North American Prairie Conference, Natural Areas Association, Bend, OR.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 May, 2017 - 4:40pm

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