Hoplandrothrips[1](commonly misspelled as Hoplandothrips[2]) is a genus of thrips in the Phlaeothripidae family.[3] Some species are recorded as pests on coffee growing in East Africa, causing a distinctive rolling of the leaf.[2][4] The genus was first described in 1912 by J. Douglas Hood.[1][5]

Hoplandrothrips
A squashed Hoplandrothrips
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Hoplandrothrips

Hood, 1912
Leaves on a coffee tree that have rolled up due to Hoplandrothrips

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Adults are dark brown and around 2 mm long and the larvae are pale yellow.[6] 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]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Hoplandrothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  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. ^ Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Hoplandothrips - Information on Hoplandothrips - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  5. ^ J. Douglas Hood (1912). "Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 14 (3): 129-160 [145]. ISSN 0013-8797. Wikidata Q112894196.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "STRI Research Portal Home". Panamabiota.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.