Thrips tabaci

Thrips tabaci

Onion Thrips
Type:	Insect
Binomial:	Thrips tabaci
Family:	Thripidae
Order:	Thysanoptera
Metamorphosis:	Complex

Onion Thrips are primarily an agricultural pest, but can cause damage to several ornamental species as well.

Symptoms and Signs

Spotting, streaking, and drop of leaves.

Host plants

• Allium (Onion)
• Ananas (Pineapple)
• Apium
• Brassica
• Capsicum (Pepper)
• Carica (Papaya)
• Cucumis
• Cucurbita
• Dahlia
• Daucus
• Dianthus (Carnation)
• Gossypium
• Impatiens
• Iris (Iris)
• Lycopersicon
• Nicotiana
• Phaseolus
• Pisum
• Rhododendron (Rhododendron, Azalea)
• Rosa
• Solanum

Control

• Cultural controls: Crop rotation, overhead irrigation.

References

• University of Hawaii
• Cornell University