Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), predators of leaf-feeding mites Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2011 2797 45 53 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.204061 cc4a8885-02a6-4cc3-b0be-d1ec0ce1f9ef 1175-5326 204061 Scolothrips pallidus (Beach) Thrips pallida Beach, 1896 : 226 Described from Iowa, the significance of this species remains unclear. Variation in body colour within a series of commercially reared sexmaculatus females from California is discussed below, and pallidus is possibly no more than a high temperature form of sexmaculatus .