(Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Issue No. 108
H. A. Denmark and D. 0. Wolfenbarger
May, 1971
Introduction
Selenothrips rubrocinctus was described by Giard (1901) as Physopus rubrocinctus. He received specimens from Guadeloupe, West Indies, where it was causing considerable damage to cacao. It was referred to earlier as the cacao thrips. The earliest report relating to this thrips was a report by W. E. Broadway in 1898, when he called attention to the “blight” of cacao.