Caliothrips impurus

Caliothrips • Thripidae • Thysanoptera • other insect groups • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Caliothrips impurus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Laurence A. Mound
Source: PaDIL

Caliothrips impurus (Priesner, 1927) - (dark cottonleaf thrips)

This thrips attacks groundnut and cotton in northeastern Africa. It has been also reported from western Asia and feeds on various other crops.

Synonyms:
Hercothrips fumipennis

Publications covering Caliothrips impurus

African Entomology (2006) 14, 63-68
R. zur Strassen (2006)
Checklist of the Thysanoptera (Insecta) of southern Africa

• Other images of Caliothrips impurus (PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  antenna

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  forewing

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  abdominal tergites II-III showing reticulation