Stenchaetothrips biformis

Stenchaetothrips biformis is a species of thrips sometimes called the "rice thrips", a crop pest, is often described in the literature under the synonyms Baliothrips biformis^[1] and Thrips oryzae.

Stenchaetothrips biformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Family:	Thripidae
Subfamily:	Thripinae
Genus:	Stenchaetothrips
Species:	S. biformis
Binomial name
Stenchaetothrips biformis (Bagnall, 1913)
Synonyms
Bagnallia adusta Bagnall, 1913 Bagnallia biformis Bagnall, 1913 Bagnallia melanurus Bagnall, 1913 Baliothrips biformis (Bagnall) Chloethrips blandus Strassen, 1975 Thrips dobrogensis Knechtel, 1964 Thrips holorphnus Karny, 1925 Thrips oryzae Williams, 1916

Description

Adults are minute (about 1mm) with 7 segmented antennae; eggs (0.25 x 0.1 mm) are laid singly in leaves; nymphs are white or pale yellow.^[1]

Pest status

S. biformis is a pest of sorghum in India^[2] and Asian rice: especially during dry weather. Young seedlings are especially subject to damage: with a high rate of reproduction, this pest may caue serious damage.^[1]