Comparison of developmental and reproductive biology inwing diphenic Anaphothrips obscurus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

• Published in: Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 735 - 739
• Main Authors: Jiang, H.X., Northwest A and F University, Yangling, China, Niu, S.H., Northwest A and F University, Yangling, China, Li, X.W., Northwest A and F University, Yangling, China, Zhang, X.C., Northwest A and F University, Yangling, China, Feng, J.N., Northwest A and F University, Yangling, China
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국응용곤충학회 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Grass thrips,Wing diphenism,Trade-off,Survivorship; REPRODUCCION; REPRODUCTION; 농수해양학

Anaphothrips obscurus (Muller) is a cosmopolitan pest feeding on cereal crops and grasses. This species exhibits wing polyphenism. Differences in the life history traits of female macropterous and brachypterous A. obscurus were compared in the laboratory for this study. Experiments were performed in...