''Ankothrips yuccae'' is a species of
thrip in the family
Melanthripidae
Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera.
Genera:
* ''Ankothrips
''Ankothrips'' is a genus of thrip in the family Melanthripidae.
Species
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Its host plant is ''
Yucca whipplei
''Hesperoyucca whipplei'' ( syn. ''Yucca whipplei''), the chaparral yucca, our Lord's candle, Spanish bayonet, Quixote yucca or foothill yucca, is a species of flowering plant closely related to, and formerly usually included in, the genus ''Yucc ...
''.
Description
Both sexes are winged, with light brown to brown
body
Body may refer to:
In science
* Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
* Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
* Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of anima ...
,
legs
A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element ...
and
antennae, with antennal
segments 3-4 paler and forewings fuscous with its base a little bit paler. Its antennae has nine segments, the ninth longer the eight, sensoria transverse on the third- fourth, the second segment apex prolonged ventro-laterally into serrate lobe. Head with ocellar setae I arising on conical, slightly bifurcate tubercle, the third setae arise within ocellar triangle. It hears with 3 pairs of prominent postocular setae and the
pronotum posterior margin with 5 pairs of prominent setae.
Mesonotum has
microtrichia
Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other arthropods due to their shared evolutionary history. Three physical features separate insec ...
,
Metanotum
The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs. Its principal sclerites ( exoskeletal plates) are the metanotum (dorsal), the metasternum (ventral), and the metapleuron (lateral) ...
striate medially, with median setae near posterior margin. The 8th
abdominal
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tergite median setae scarcely 0.3 as long as
tergite;
tergite 10 with paired
trichobothria
Trichobothria (singular trichobothrium) are elongate setae ("hairs") present in arachnids, various orders of insects, and myriapods that function in the detection of airborne vibrations and currents, and electrical charge. In 1883, Friedrich Dahl ...
well developed. Sixth
sternite
The sternum (pl. "sterna") is the ventral portion of a segment of an arthropod thorax or abdomen.
In insects, the sterna are usually single, large sclerites, and external. However, they can sometimes be divided in two or more, in which case the ...
posterior margin with pair of lobes each bearing two setae at base.
Ecology
''Ankothrips yuccae'' breeds on ''Yucca whipplei'' without leaving major harm in
California. It has no known
vectors.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10412262
Insects described in 1926
Thrips