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Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California-Insects
Insects of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California
Thrips
Thrips (Order Thysanoptera) are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings (thus the scientific name, from the Greek thysanos (fringe) + pteron (wing)). Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, "'storm bugs"' and corn lice. Thrips species feed on a large variety of plants and ...more ↓
Phlaeothripidae
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only family of the suborder Tubulifera, and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are fungivores living in the tropics.
