Environmental Entomology (1986) 15, 695-699

R.C. North and A.M. Shelton (1986)
Overwintering of the onion thrips, Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), in New York
Environmental Entomology 15 (3), 695-699
Abstract: A survey of overwintering thrips and the potential for Thrips tabaci Lindeman to overwinter in upstate New York were investigated during the winters of 1982-83 and 1983-84. Six species - T. tabaci, Anaphothrips obscurus (Müller), Chirothrips manicatus Haliday, Limothrips denticornis (Haliday), Frankliniella tenuicornis (Uzel), and Aptinothrips rufus (Gmelin) - were able to survive as adults in the vegetation sampled, but only Anaphothripini survived as larvae. T. tabaci adults overwinter within winter wheat; alfalfa, and weedy vegetation, and these overwintering females are capable of ovipositing on these plants during the spring. Winter wheat, oats, and alfalfa were he best oviposition and reproduction hosts we examined.
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Database assignments for author(s): Anthony M. Shelton

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Thrips tabaci	Alfalfa/lucerne (Medicago sativa)	U.S.A. (NE)
	Thrips tabaci	Oat (Avena sativa)	U.S.A. (NE)
	Thrips tabaci	Wheat (Triticum)	U.S.A. (NE)
	Frankliniella tenuicornis		U.S.A. (NE)
	Limothrips denticornis		U.S.A. (NE)
	Anaphothrips obscurus		U.S.A. (NE)
	Aptinothrips rufus		U.S.A. (NE)
	Chirothrips manicatus		U.S.A. (NE)