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Klambothrips myopori Mound & Morris -- Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae

 

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      The Myoporum thrips attacks plants of the Australian and New Zealand genus Myoporum, causing leaf deformation through the feeding activity of immature thrips and adults.  These insects are now widely spread in California by horticulture activity and birds.  They also pose a potential threat to native plant species in Hawaii as they appeared in there in 2009.

 

       The plants where galling damage to leaves occurs is primarily Myoporum laetum, a plant native to New Zealand.  However, new developed varieties of Myoporum are vulnerable as well as new species imports from Australia.

 

       Species of Myoporum are now widespread in residential and roadway margins in California, which planting and traffic movement may facilitate further spread.  The genus Myoporum being drought hardy has made it desirable as an ornamental.  Nevertheless, in some areas it has begun to be considered as a weed.  Dr. Mark Hoddle of  the University of California has suggested that the thrips may eventually be considered useful as a biological control agent.

 

REFERENCES:

 

Bethke, J. A. & D. A. Shaw.  2008.  Myoporum thrips control.  University of California, Cooperative Extension San Diego County.

 

Cameron, S. L. & L. A. Mound.  2014.  Trans-Bass Strait speciation and trans-Pacific dispersal in the Myoporum thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae).  Austral. Entomology 53:  36–41.

 

Hoddle, Mark.  2009.  Myoporum Thrips.  Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California Berkeley.

 

KaufmanLevia V., Dominique R. Zarders & Mark G. Wright.  2021.  Susceptibility of Endemic Myoporum (Naio) Species and Populations  in Klambothrips myopori  in Hawaii.  Pacific Science 74 (3):  309-318.

 

Mound, L. A. & D. C. Morris.  2007.  A new thrips pest of Myoporum cultivars in California, in a new genus of leaf-galling Australian Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera).  Zootaxa. 1495:  35-45.

 

Shogren, Christopher J. & Timothy D. Paine.  2019a.  Host Plant Recognition and Performance of  Klambothrips myopori  (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Across Myoporum Cultivars in Southern California.  Journal of Economic Entomology 112 (4):  1645-1650.

 

Shogren, C. J.  & T. D. Paine.  2019b.  Identification of the Klambothrips myopori  (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Predator Complex.   In:  California Environmental Entomology, Volume 48 (4):  1024-1034.

 

ShogrenChristopher & Timothy Paine.  2020.  Predicting the Potential Invasive Range of Klambothrips myopori  (Thysanopetra: Phlaeothripidae).  Journal of Economic Entomology 113 (3):  1202-1210.

 

FURTHER RELATED REFERENCES:

 

Triapitzin, S. V. & D. H. Headrick.  1995.  A review of the Nearctic species of the thrips-attacking genus Ceranisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).  Transactions of the American Entomological Society 121 (4):  227-248.

 

Triapitzin, S. V. & J. G. Morse.  1999.  Survey of parasitoids of citrus thrips, Scirtothrips citri (Moulton), in southern California.  Russian Entomological Journal 8 (1).