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Apterothrips seticornis (Trybom)
Photographer: John W. Dooley, USDA APHIS PPQ
Descriptor: Identification
Description: Brown color with abdominal craspeda and 8-segmented antenna; found on Asparagus and grasses; Distribution per the Crop Protection Compendium (CPC): Australia and New Zealand, Iceland, and unconfirmed in Chile, USA, New Zealand and Japan Also called Anaphothrips seticornis per CPC In San Francisco PPQ Collection Known to damage young leaves of Lucerne
Location: United States
Image Citation:
John W. Dooley, USDA APHIS PPQ, www.forestryimages.org
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