Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmermann)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Thysanoptera: Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae

Common name

Weeping Ficus thrips

Hosts / habitat

Commonly found on Ficus benjamina (Moraceae), an ornamental plant, as a leaf gall maker. Affected leaves become yellow and are folded up or rolled up from the edges into gall-like structures. As the leaf galls become older, other organisms like mealybugs, predatory thrips, etc. start inhabiting them along with G. uzeli.

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