Species not studied on the current work. Body dark and fore wings uniformly brown, and the postocular setae pair I on head is usually absent. The antennal segment III has pedicel weakly dilated and the posteromarginal comb of microtrichia on tergite VIII is irregular and with short teeth.
Males are lighter in colour and and lack posteromarginal comb of microtrichia on tergite VIII.
Intraspecific variation
Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information
Frankliniella is one of the largest genera amongst Thysanoptera, comprising more than 160 described species. About 90% of the species are from the Neotropics and their taxonomy is usually complex. Almost all members have 8-segmented antennae, three pairs of ocellar setae and fore wing with both rows of setae complete. About 40 species are recorded from Brazil, and almost half of these were described from this country. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
World distribution
Apparently widely distributed on the Neotropical region, being recorded on Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama.
