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Species Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis - Greenhouse Thrips

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Family Thripidae

Subfamily Panchaetothripinae

Genus Heliothrips

Species haemorrhoidalis (Greenhouse Thrips)

Explanation of Names

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché 1833)

Range

native to South America, now occurs worldwide in the tropics and sub-tropics and probably over much of the world in greenhouses[Cite:185010]

Food

Many ornamental plants kept in greenhouses[Cite:185010]

Remarks

First detected in the US in 1870s. A pest of greenhouse plants. The larval parasite Thripobius semiluteus was introduced into California from Brazil and Australia in the mid-1980s.[Cite:185010]

Internet References

Fact sheet (Denmark & Fasulo 1999-2010)[Cite:185010]

Contributed by Matt Bertone on 21 February, 2014 - 8:42am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 13 July, 2015 - 1:45pm

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