Diarthrothrips coffeae (coffee thrips)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Diarthrothrips coffeae Williams, 1916

Preferred Common Name

• coffee thrips

International Common Names

• English: thrips, coffee
• Spanish: trips del cafeto
• French: thrips du caféier

Local Common Names

• Germany: Blasenfuss, Kaffee-

EPPO code

• DTHOCO (Diarthrothrips coffeae)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Thysanoptera
•                         Family: Aeolothripidae
•                             Genus: Diarthrothrips
•                                 Species: Diarthrothrips coffeae

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Habitat List

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

Abebe M, 1987. Insect pests of coffee with special emphasis on antestia, Antestiopsis intricata, in Ethiopia. In: Insect Science and its Application, 8(4-6). 977-980.

Crowe TJ, 2004. Coffee pests in Africa. In: Coffee growing, processing and sustainable production. A guidebook for growers, processors, traders and researchers [ed. by Wintgens, J. N.]. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH, 1022 pp.

Haarer AE, 1956. Modern Coffee Production. London, Leonard Hill (Books) Ltd., xiv + 467 pp.

Hargreaves H, 1928. Rep. Dept Agric. Uganda. Entebbe 11 pp.

Le Pelley RH, 1942. A Method of sampling Thrips Populations. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 33(pt. 3):147-148 pp.

Le Pelley RH, 1959. Agricultural insects of East Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: East African High Commission.

Melville AR, 1946. Report, Department of Agriculture, Kenya 1945., Kenya: Department of Agriculture, 51-54.

Mugo HM, Irungu LW, Ndegwa PN, 2012. Population dynamics of predacious phytoseiid mites, Euseius kenyae and coffee thrips, Diarthrothrips coffeae and their interactions in coffee agro ecosystems in Kenya. International Journal of Science and Nature, 3:12-16.

Notley FB, 1936, January. Coffee Thrips. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Cause of Outbreaks. East African Agricultural Journal, 1(4):283-292 pp.

Pelley RH le, 1968. Pests of Coffee. London and Harlow, UK: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.

Schmutterer H, 1969. Pests of Crops in Northeast and Central Africa with particular reference to the Sudan. Stuttgart, Germany: Gustav Fischer Verlag.

Smee C, 1933. Report of the Entomologist. Report of the Department of Agriculture of Nyasaland 1932: 48-52.

Tapley RG, 1957. A possible case of coffee thrips resistance to DDT. East African Agricultural Journal, 23:82-83.

Williams CB, 1916. A new thrips damaging coffee in British East Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 6:269-272.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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