Leaf Gall Thrips

Catalogue Type

Plant Pests Catalogue

Scientific Name

Liothrips karnyi Bagnall

Family

Phaleothripidae

Distinguishing Characters

Eggs are laid in single within the marginal leaf folds or on the leaf surface.
Nymphs whitish and sluggish.
Adults with heavily fringed wings.

Host Crop

Pepper

Order

Thysanoptera

Photo of Insect

Photo of Damaged Crop

Description

The thrips make marginal galls on leaves within which they live in colonies

Rasp and suck the sap

Leaf tissue become thick, crinkled and brittle.

Causes the leaf margins to curl down and inwards resulting in the formation of marginal leaf galls.