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Thrips tabaci is a species of very small insect in the genus Thrips in the order Thysanoptera. It is commonly known as the onion thrips, the potato thrips, the tobacco thrips or the cotton seedling thrips. [1] It is an agricultural pest that can damage crops of onions and other plants, and it can additionally act as a vector for plant viruses.
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 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 ...
However, some thrips, including rose thrips, onion thrips, and western flower thrips, damage plants. They can weaken vegetables and flowers and even spread plant diseases . What Do Thrips Look Like?
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.
Thrips is the largest genus of thrips, with over 280 species, [5] most of which are found in Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Other species occur on each of the continents, including one species described from Antarctica. [3] Thrips includes the species of thrips most frequently intercepted at ports of entry into the United States, T ...
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