Species Scirtothrips dorsalis - Chilli thrips

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Scirtothrips dorsalis female on underside of chili-pepper leaf. - Scirtothrips dorsalis - female

Spread Scirtothrips dorsalis female - Scirtothrips dorsalis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Family Thripidae

Subfamily Thripinae

Genus Scirtothrips

Species dorsalis (Chilli thrips)

Explanation of Names

Author: Hood.

Size

Less than 2 mm.

Identification

Head and legs are pale. Three pairs of ocellar setae on the head. Eight antennal segments. Segments, I-II are pale and III-VIII are dark.

Life Cycle

Egg, first and second instar larvae, prepupa, pupa and adult.

Remarks

From Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent, nowadays widely distributed.

Internet References

University of Florida

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 June, 2008 - 11:57am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 27 January, 2010 - 7:51am

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