Samples of thrips species that occur in nectarine (Prunus persica var. nuscipersica) blossom in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, revealed the presence of Haplothrips gowdeyi (Franklin) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Frankliniella condei John and Frankliniella sp. (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) causing damage to flower's ovarium. The cosmopolitan Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) was not recovered from nectarine flowers.
Insecta; Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae; Thripidae; stonefruit; Prunus persica