Common blossom thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Abstract

EENY 477, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Garima Kakkar, Daksina R. Seal, and Vivek Kumar Jha, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this relatively new vegetable pest in South Florida which is a key pest in tomato and cucumber fields in South America — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2010. EENY 477/IN860: Common Blossom Thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (ufl.edu)