Tobacco Thrips

Frankliniella fusca

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Thripidae

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. 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.

Distribution

Tobacco Thrips — (c) Timothy Lindsey, certains droits réservés (CC BY), publiées par Timothy Lindsey · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 8

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Timothy Lindsey, certains droits réservés (CC BY), publiées par Timothy Lindsey · CC-BY DescriptionThrips tabaci, Wikipedia contributors

Tobacco Thrips

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