Pest Thrips of the World

This latest thrips key by Gerald Moritz, Laurence Mound, David Morris and Arturo Goldarazena, which has been produced in three languages (English, German and Spanish), includes 99 important pest species of the family Thripidae that are encountered worldwide.

The main aim of Pest Thrips of the World is to provide assistance in thrips identification to anyone needing to identify thrips damaging crops anywhere in the world. In particular, this product will be of value to quarantine identifiers, plant health officers, virologists and others concerned with the threat that thrips pose to agricultural and horticultural crops. It is a fully illustrated visual system to adult thrips together with a molecular system that functions equally well for immature stages including eggs as well as adults.