Frankliniella musaeperda Hood, 1952

Miyasato, Elisa Aiko, 2017, The FranKliniella fauna of Brazil: additions and updated key to species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4323 (3), pp. 391-402 : 395

Frankliniella musaeperda Hood, 1952

Body yellow. Antennal segment III with sharp-edged pedicel with ring about two times as wide as basal stem. Ocellar setae III near external margins of ocellar triangle. Pronotum with weak striation; five pairs of setae well developed. Metanotum with median setae long, almost reaching posterior margin of metanotum; pair of campaniform sensilla present. Fore wings pale. Abdominal tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb. Male yellow with transverse pore plates on abdominal sternites III–VII.

Material Examined. Brazil. São Paulo: Holambra , two females from chrysanthemums, vi.1994 ; Paranapanema , one female from chrysanthemums, 5.vi.1994 ; Taquaritinga , three females from flower buds of “murcot”, xi.1997. ( ESALQ)

Comments. In Brazil, F. condei John has been recorded as a pest of nectarine, orange, murcote and cut flowers in southern and southeastern Brazil ( Monteiro et al. 2001). However, the specimens involved, that were also used in producing a key to Frankliniella species ( Monteiro et al. 2001), are deposited in ESALQ/USP, and reexamination of these has revealed that they are misidentified F. musaeperda . As a result, F. condei remains known only from the type material, as pointed out by Cavalleri and Mound (2012), and should not be considered a pest. F. musaeperda is also known as a minor pest of banana in Central America.