Panchaetothrips indicus bagnall, a new pest record from Peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of Zingiber officinale Rosc. var. Bentong

The Old World genus Panchaetothrips are currently comprises seven species and distributed between Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species were reported as important pest of coffee, arrowroot, banana and turmeric. In this paper, Panchaetothrips indicus, previously known only from India is newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of Zingiber officinale Rosc. var. Bentong. The description is indicating the P. indicus from the specimen taken from Malaysia

First record of Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) severely damaging field grown potato crops in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood was reported for the first time in the South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and is causing significant damage to field grown potato crops. In an insecticide trial, the tuber yield in infested, untreated plants was reduced by 39%, and the plants had an average number of 68 adult whiteflies per leaflet

Predator or plant pest? Observations on Parascolothrips priesneri Mound (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Israeli apple orchards

Field and laboratory observations on Parascolothrips priesneri failed to confirm previous reports that this insect is a predator of mites, but instead demonstrated that it can cause severe feeding damage to the leaves of apple trees

Autapomorphies in the generic classification of Plectrothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with a new genus and a new record from Malaysia

Mound, L.A., Ng, Y. F. (2018): Autapomorphies in the generic classification of Plectrothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with a new genus and a new record from Malaysia. Zootaxa 4402 (2): 390-394, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.1