Issue No. 377
G.B. Edwards
July/August, 1996
Introduction
The two previous circulars in this series on new thrips introductions to Florida covered two genera in the subfamily Panchaetothripinae, Elixothrips and Retithrips (Hamon and Edwards 1994 ), and two genera in the Thripinae, Psydrothrips and Asprothrips (Edwards 1995). This circular is the second to report on the subfamily Thripinae. The species reviewed below have both been reported as pests of banana, as well as various ornamental plants (Muruvanda 1986; Palmer et al. 1989).