Thrips Identification Guide
egg
laying, and a complete generation
develop within a single gall. Adults exit
galls and migrate to new terminal leaves
to begin a new generation. The [...] Yellow brown to black in colour.
Head longer than width with clear red
eyes. 8 antennal segments. Last
segment tube-shaped.
Adults migrate to terminal leaves [...] purplish-red
spots on leaves. Feeding also results in
a specific, directed growth reaction that
causes the leaf to roll, or the leaf may
fold along the midrib