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The generic and English name thrips is a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek word θρίψ, thrips, meaning "woodworm". [4] Like some other animal-names (such as sheep, deer, and moose) in English the word "thrips" expresses both the singular and plural, so there may be many thrips or a single thrips. Other common names for thrips ...
Rose aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) feeding on buds and shoots Rose rust (Phragmidium) Two-spotted mite (Tetranychus urticae) on Gardenia Yellow tea thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) Bristly roseslug (Cladius difformis) on the underside of a leaf Cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) Leaf damage caused by a leafcutting bee (Megachile sp.) Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne sp.) nodule damage to roots ...
The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. [2] They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.
The chili thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis, is an Asian pest on many crops, including chili peppers, roses, strawberry, tea, ground nuts, and castor bean. The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis , has recently expanded its range from western North America to large portions of Europe and Asia through the trade of greenhouse plants.
Articles relating to the Thrips (order Thysanoptera), minute (mostly 1 mm (0.039 in) long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Entomologists have described approximately 6,000 species.
The western flower thrips [Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)] is an invasive pest insect in agriculture. This species of thrips is native to the Southwestern United States [ 1 ] but has spread to other continents, including Europe , Australia (where it was identified in May 1993 [ 1 ] ), and South America via transport of infested plant ...
The adult common blossom thrips is a very small insect with a length of between 1 and 1.6 mm (0.04 and 0.06 in). There are two colour morphs, a dark form and a pale form, each occupying part of the range, with forms of both colours being reported from Egypt, India, Kenya, New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Sudan and Uganda.
Flower thrips can be agricultural pests in either two species of thrips in the genus Frankliniella: F. tritici, Eastern flower thrips; F. occidentalis, ...