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Thrips palmi (melon thrips)

Synonyms: Chloethrips aureus (heterotypic); Thrips clarus (heterotypic); Thrips gossypicola; Thrips gracilis (heterotypic); Thrips leucadophilus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Thrips palmi is an insect from the genus Thrips in the order Thysanoptera. It is known commonly as the melon thrips. It is a primary vector of plant viruses. The melon thrips can cause damage to a wide range of glasshouse ornamental and vegetable crops, particularly plants in the families Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae, such as cucumber, aubergine, tomato and sweet pepper.
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Predators

Franklinothrips vespiformis (vespiform thrips)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Runqian Mao, Yingfang Xiao, and Steven P. Arthurs, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florid, March 2015
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0