Liothrips vitivorus (Priesner)

Smerinthothrips vitivorus Priesner, 1935: 364 . Replacement name for claripennis Moulton, 1928a not claripennis Karny, 1916

Described from Taiwan on Vitex sp., this is the second Liothrips species from China that has no CPS on abdominal tergite I. The first one, L. heptapleuricola, has several pairs of small setae posterolaterally on the pelta (Fig. 72).