Hoplothrips pedicularius (Haliday, 1836)
(Curtain Crust Thrips)

Interactions where Hoplothrips pedicularius is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female macropter female macropter feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (3-7)
female micropter female micropter feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale micropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-9)
larva II larva II feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva II Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-12)
larva V larva V feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva V Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (5-7)
male macropter male macropter feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale macropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (6-8)
male micropter male micropter feeds on live fruitbody UK/Ireland Stereum curtain crusts Russulales: Stereaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale micropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-9)
female macropter female macropter may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (3-7)
female micropter female micropter may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale micropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (1-9)
larva II larva II may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva II Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (1-12)
larva V larva V may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva V Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (5-7)
male macropter male macropter may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (6-8)
male micropter male micropter may be found on dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale micropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood (1-9)

Hoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips)
GenusHoplothrips (fungus thrips)
FamilyPHLAEOTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips)

Hoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hoplothrips pedicularius (Curtain Crust Thrips):

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