The First Record of Psydrothrips kewi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in South America, with Notes on Its Damage on Calla Lily (Alismatales: Araceae)

Adriano Cavalleri; A. de Lima Maria Goretti; Pedro L. Luiz; Aline A. P. L. Pereira

doi:10.1653/024.097.0278

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1 June 2014 The First Record of Psydrothrips kewi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in South America, with Notes on Its Damage on Calla Lily (Alismatales: Araceae)

Adriano Cavalleri, A. de Lima Maria Goretti, Pedro L. Luiz, Aline A. P. L. Pereira

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Florida Entomologist, 97(2):852-853 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.097.0278

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Psydrothrips kewi Palmer & Mound (Thripidae) is recorded from South America for the first time. This thrips is known to attack a few Araceae species used as ornamentals in USA and in glasshouses in England. We report here P. kewi damaging leaves, stems and flowers of Zantedeschia aethiopica in Northeastern Brazil.

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Adriano Cavalleri, A. de Lima Maria Goretti, Pedro L. Luiz, and Aline A. P. L. Pereira "The First Record of Psydrothrips kewi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in South America, with Notes on Its Damage on Calla Lily (Alismatales: Araceae)," Florida Entomologist 97(2), 852-853, (1 June 2014). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.097.0278

Published: 1 June 2014

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