Panchaetothrips indicus bagnall, a new pest record from peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of zingiber officinale rosc var. Bentong
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
The Old World genus Panchaetothrips are currently comprises seven species and distributed between Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species were reported as important pest of coffee, arrowroot, banana and turmeric. In this paper, Panchaetothrips indicus, previously known only from India is newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia, collected on leaves of Zingiber officinale rosc var. Bentong. The description is indicating the P. indicus from the specimen taken from Malaysia.
Keywords
New record, Peninsular Malaysia, Pest, Thysanoptera
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Publication Title
Serangga
Volume
23
Issue
2
Publisher
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
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