Xylothrips flavipes (Illiger, 1801)

Fig. 44 (A, B, C)

Apate flavipes Illiger, 1801: 171 .

Distribution in China. Guangdong, Hainan, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan (Huang 1987; Hua 2002).

Other distribution. South and Southeast Asia from India to the Indonesian archipelago, Arabian peninsula, Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands. Introduced to Europe and North America (Beaver et al. 2011).

Host plants. A polyphagous species with many recorded host plants (Beeson & Bhatia 1937; Beaver et al. 2011). It is the most abundant species in durian orchards in S. Thailand (Sittichaya et al. 2013). The life cycle takes a minimum of three months and there can be 2–3 generations per year (Beeson & Bhatia 1937).