red grass thrips
Insecta (Hexapoda) > Thysanoptera > Thripidae
Aptinothrips rufus (Haliday)
Photographer: John W. Dooley, USDA APHIS PPQ
Descriptor: Identification
Description: small wingless , yellow color , antenna 6 segments with large terminal segment and simple sense cones, pronotal setae not long, 1-segmented tarsi Note anterior antenna and pronotum. Found on Star Moss and Bromus inermis, Festuca arundinace. Host and distribution information from 1) slide from Golden Gate Park on Star Moss by John Nelson and 2) the Crop Protection Compendium Distribution: Bulgaria, Poland(unconfirmed), Ethiopia (unconfirmed), and North, Central & Sout America
Location: United States
Image Citation:
John W. Dooley, USDA APHIS PPQ, www.forestryimages.org
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