Description:
The adult in general is 1,25-1,5mm long, with dark brown body; fore wings are strap-like, brown but slightly pale at base. Nymphs are translucent to golden yellow, eyes reddish
Symptoms:
Leaves: Distortion, silvering and speckling. Yellowing of young leaf tissue, reduction of photosynthetic activity
Fruits: Circular scars occur on the skins of developing fruits, especially between touching fruits. sprinkled with black spots of excreta, disfiguration of young fruit
Flowers: Distortion, silvering and speckling
Hosts: Citrus, ornamental plants etc
Taxonomy:
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Thysanoptera |
| Family | Thripidae |
| Genus | Pezothrips |
| Species | kellyanus |
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