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Hoplandrothrips
A squashed Hoplandrothrips
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Hoplandrothrips

Hood, 1912

Hoplandrothrips[1] (commonly misspelled as Hoplandothrips[2]) is a genus of thrips in the Phlaeothripidae family. Some species are recorded as pests on coffee growing in East Africa, causing a distinctive rolling of the leaf.[2][3]

Leaves on a coffee tree that have rolled up due to Hoplandrothrips

Description

Adults are dark brown and around 2 mm long and the larvae are pale yellow.[4] In coffee, they feed on young leaves causing them to roll very tightly, reducing the photosynthetic area of the leaf. They tend to cause little loss in yield however compared to coffee berry borer and antestia bugs.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ http://anic.ento.csiro.au/worldthrips/taxon_details.asp?BiotaID=473
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jean Nicolas Wintgens (12 March 2009). Coffee: Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production: A Guidebook for Growers, Processors, Traders, and Researchers. Wiley-VCH. pp. 437–438. ISBN 978-3-527-32286-2. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e http://eol.org/pages/16677455/overview
  4. ^ D. S. Hill (17 November 2008). Pests of Crops in Warmer Climates and Their Control. Springer. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-1-4020-6737-2. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/taxtree/?selected=1.421.1062.45132.45240.45321