Diagnosis Body bicolored, mainly brown but with median region of head and part of the abdomen yellow; antennal segments I–II and VI–IX brown, III yellow with brown spot medially, IV–V yellow basally and brown apically; legs yellow. Forewings with banded coloration: starting brown at the base, with three yellow bands sub-basally, medially and apically. Head with striate sculpture except within the ocellar region; three pairs of ocellar setae present. Antennae 9-segmented, III & IV with forked sense cones. Pronotum transversely striate; only one pair of long posteroangular setae, no long setae on anterior margin. Meso and metathoracic endofurca without spinula. Metanotum transversely striate anteriorly, reticulate with internal markings posteromedially; campaniform sensilla absent; two pairs of stout setae. Fore wing first vein setal row largely incomplete, second vein setal row complete and closely spaced. Abdominal tergites II–VII with several lines of sculpture laterally; II–VII with a pair of long and close together median setae; VII with a posteromarginal comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, VIII with a complete comb. Sternites with three pairs of long setae arising ahead of posterior margin.
Male unknown.
Intraspecific variation Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information This Neotropical genus comprises ten species, all with antennae 9-segmented and the male pore plate placed on the antecostal area of abdominal sternite III. Enneothrips manauara is the only species in the genus with banded wings, brown with pale spots subbasally, medially and apically.A key to Enneothrips species is available in Vieira et al. (2024).
Distribution around the world Described from Brazil.
