Thrips (genus)

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Thripidae
Thrips
Thrips tabaci (left); Frankliniella occidentalis (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Thripidae
Subfamily: Thripinae
Genus: Thrips
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Thrips physapus
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Achaetothrips Karny, 1908
  • Parathrips Karny, 1907

Thrips is a genus of insects in the order Thysanoptera.

Species in the genus Thrips feed on pollen, and can be major agricultural pests, with several being vectors of tospoviruses.[3]

Thrips obscuratus morphology illustrated by Des Helmore

Etymology

The name Thrips comes from the Greek word θρίψ meaning woodworm.[4]

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