Thysanoptera22 species

Family Thripidae

Thripidae is a family in the order Thysanoptera. Browse 22 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Thripidae (22)

Echinothrips americanus

These thrips are generally slow-moving compared to a western flower thrips (WFT). Damage to crops can range from minor to extensive, and production may decrease.

Eastern Flower Thrips

Frankliniella tritici

Identification: one of a group of Frankliniella spp. in which the pedicel of antennal segment III is swollen, or enlarged in some way - TOC see UF Extension factsheet for microscopic details for identification Adults from se and coastal US (Florida,

Greenhouse Thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

First detected in the US in 1870s. A pest of greenhouse plants. The larval parasite Thripobius semiluteus was introduced into California from Brazil and Australia in the mid-1980s.[Cite:185010]

Marigold Thrips

Neohydatothrips samayunkur

Identification: Body bicolored yellow and brown; hind tibiae with brown markings; abdominal tergites 9-10 as dark as 7-8

Chilli thrips

Scirtothrips dorsalis

Identification: Head and legs are pale. Three pairs of ocellar setae on the head. Eight antennal segments. Segments, I-II are pale and III-VIII are dark. From Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent, nowadays widely distributed.

Onion Thrips

Thrips tabaci

Almost worldwide. They are a severe pest of onions and related plants. They can also attack cabbage, cotton, tomatoes, and almost any cultivated plant. Considered invasive in this country (from Asia). (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests