Adventive Thysanoptera Species in the Hawaiian Islands: New Records and Putative Host Associations Author Mound, Laurence A. CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia Laurence. mound @ csiro. au; Author Matsunaga, Janis N. Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Pest Control Branch, 1428 S. King St., Honolulu, Hawaii, 96814; Author Bushe, Brian University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center; Author Hoddle, Mark S. Department of Entomology and Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California Author Wells, Alice CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia Laurence. mound @ csiro. au; text Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2017 2017-08-08 49 17 28 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12015122 0073-134X 12015122 Coremothrips pallidus Hood. In December 2016 Randy Hamasaki found larvae and adult females of this species feeding on the leaves of avocado at Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. Also in December 2016 , a single female was taken from avocado foliage in Waimanalo, Oahu. This is a very small, pale species, but the adults are remarkable for having the major setae on the forewings ( Fig. 5 ), head and pronotum exceptionally long with expanded fringed apices. Similar setae also occur on the dorsal surface of the larvae. This thrips was described from specimens taken from avocado on Trinidad, and is also reported from Panama, Puerto Rico , Guadeloupe and St. Vincent (Mound and Marullo 1996). However, a survey of thrips associated with avocado in several Neotropical countries ( Hoddle et al. 2002 ) did not find this species.