Flight Activity of Insects Sampled with a Truck Trap. II. Flight Activity of Thrips (Thysanoptera)

Abstract

Flight activity of insects was studied using truck trap from April to December in the northern part of Tochigi prefecture in Japan. In the samples, 304 thrips belonging to 31 species were collected. The most abundant species consisted of Ecacanthothrips inarmatus KUROSAWA and Thrips flavus SCHRANK. A few males were present in 9 out of 31 species. A marked peak in the numbers of individuals and species was observed in September. © 1988, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. All rights reserved.