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Banded Thrip

Aeolothrips nasturtii Jones 1912

Conservation Status

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Undocumented.
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Cyclicity

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Adults collected in May through August.
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Distribution

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Alberta, California (Chiasson, 1986).
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General Description

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The body is unicolorous, with red subintegumental pigment. Antennal segment 3 is yellow with a brown ring at the apex of the segment (Stannard, 1968), and antennal segment 6 is twice as long as segment 7 (Bailey, 1951). Wings are narrow and have a distinct hump in the center of the fore-margin (Bailey, 1951). Forewings have 2 separate, and complete, dark cross bands. Abdominal segment 1 is not strongly cross-striated (Stannard, 1968).
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Habitat

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Guillardia aristata, Epilobium angustifolium, white spruce, Wild rye grass.
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Life Cycle

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Undocumented.
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Trophic Strategy

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This species is predaceous (Chiasson, 1986), but prey species are undocumented.
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