Thrips tabaci
Thrips tabaci
| Onion Thrips | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Insect |
| Binomial: | Thrips tabaci |
| Family: | Thripidae |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Metamorphosis: | Complex |
Onion Thrips are primarily an agricultural pest, but can cause damage to several ornamental species as well.
Description
[edit | edit source]Symptoms and Signs
[edit | edit source]Spotting, streaking, and drop of leaves.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Host plants
[edit | edit source]- Allium (Onion)
- Ananas (Pineapple)
- Apium
- Brassica
- Capsicum (Pepper)
- Carica (Papaya)
- Cucumis
- Cucurbita
- Dahlia
- Daucus
- Dianthus (Carnation)
- Gossypium
- Impatiens
- Iris (Iris)
- Lycopersicon
- Nicotiana
- Phaseolus
- Pisum
- Rhododendron (Rhododendron, Azalea)
- Rosa
- Solanum
Control
[edit | edit source]- Cultural controls: Crop rotation, overhead irrigation.