Barley Thrips (Stannard, 1968)

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Limothrips denticornis feeds on live leaf of Triticum aestivum

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Limothrips denticornis feeds on live floret of Poaceae
Remarks: season: 7-8

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Limothrips denticornis feeds on live floret of Avena
Remarks: season: 7-8
Other: major host/prey

Undocumented.

Adults collected in May through September.

Alberta, P.E.I., Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan (Chiasson 1986), widespread in North America and Europe (Moritz et al., 2001).

The body varies in length around 1.2mm to 1.5mm, and is dark brown. (Stannard, 1968). The tarsi are pale brown, antennal segment 3 is light brown with a yellow pedicel. The fore wings are brown but slightly lighter near the wing base. The head is longer than wide and projects in front of the eyes. There are 2 or 3 pairs of ocellar setae, and the postocular setae are small. Antennae are 8 segmented, and segment 3 is stout with the external margin produced into a tooth. Antennal segment 3 has a simple sense cone, and segment 4 has a forked sense cone. The pronotum has 1 pair of long posteroangular setae, and 3 pairs of setae along the posterior margin. The metanotum has reticulate sculpture, and a pair of campaniform sensilla. The meso- and metafurca lack spinulae. Females are macropterous, and males are apterous. The first vein on the forewings has 2 setae on the distal half, and the second vein has approximately 10 setae. Tergite 10 has a pair of stout, thorn-like setae (Moritz et al., 2001).

Leaves and in florets of grasses and cereals (Moritz et al., 2001).

Undocumented.

Undocumented.

Limothrips denticornis (le thrips des céréales) est une espèce d'insectes thysanoptères de la famille des Thripidae.