Skip to Main Content

Nature Atlas

How Nature Works

Sign In

Text size

100%

Theme

Switch Atlas

Interactive AtlasThe Family Home

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World

Specy

Western Flower Thrips

Insects

The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is a tiny insect in the order Thysanoptera, native to the southwestern United States, with males about 1 millimeter long and pale yellow, and females slightly larger at 1.4 millimeters with color ranging from red to yellow to dark brown. It has become a globally invasive agricultural pest, having spread to Europe, Australia and South America through the transport of infested plant material, and it feeds on more than 500 host plant species including many fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops. Feeding and egg laying damage plant tissue, causing holes and silvery discoloration, and the species is the major vector of tomato spotted wilt virus, a serious plant disease, making it economically significant beyond its direct feeding damage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Herbivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Agricultural or Structural Pest 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Frankliniella occidentalis 5

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Western Flower Thrips

In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

North Macedonia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources

1. Western flower thrips (Wikipedia)

Instars
The newly hatched nymph feeds on the plant for two of its instars, then falls off the plant to complete its other two instar stages.
system (entity description states it plainly, relationship to people)
It has become a globally invasive agricultural pest, having spread to Europe, Australia and South America through the transport of infested plant material, and it feeds on more than 500 host plant species including many fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops.

View the Source

2. GBIF Species API

GBIF Species APIView the Source

3. NatureServe Explorer: Frankliniella occidentalis

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

View the Source

4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Insecta","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Insectos","language":"ES"},{"name":"Insects","language":"EN"},{"name":"Insectes","language":"FR"},{"name":"昆虫纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

View the Source

5. Wikipedia: Western flower thrips

WikipediaWikidata Q135374 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Frankliniella occidentalis

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8351995, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 8351995, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

View the Source

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source

Wikidata: Western Flower Thrips

Child Taxon Of: Thysanoptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.

Reader Challenges (0)

No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.