Thysanoptera14 species

Family Tube-tailed Thrips (Phlaeothripidae)

Phlaeothripidae is a family in the order Thysanoptera. Browse 14 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Phlaeothripidae (14)

alligatorweed thrips

Amynothrips andersoni

Used in the biological control of the noxious aquatic weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligatorweed). Has been introduced to areas, for control where the host plant has established.

Cuban Laurel Thrips

Gynaikothrips ficorum

Identification: Both sexes fully winged. This and G. uzeli are introduced species from Southeast Asia.

Clover thrips

Haplothrips leucanthemi

Identification: Both sexes winged. Body brown to dark brown, fore tarsi and base of antennal segment III yellow; forewing pale with base extensively shaded. ITIS reports it as a native species. Associated with large daisy flowers, such as those of Ch

Myoporum Thrips

Klambothrips myopori

Not a native species. Introduced from Australia or New Zealand.

Leptothrips larreae

nearly 100 spmns coll'ed, mostly on oaks and elms, over 2 summers of arboreal surveys in c.TX (w. Travis Co.)

Toyon Thrips

Liothrips ilex

Identification: Breeding on young leaves, inducing irregular galls and leaf distortion; pupating in soil (Bailey, 1938: 64).

Torvothrips kosztarabi

Identification: Inhabits galls of the coccoid Olliffiella cristicola on Emory oak, Quercus emoryi . . Approximately 25% of galls are occupied by thrips.