Hawaiian Flower Thrips

Thrips hawaiiensis · Order: Thysanoptera · Family: Thripidae

Damages trees, gardens or crops. It damages sorghum crops in Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Hawaiian Flower Thrips
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It is considered a pest of sorghum in Asian agriculture.

Source: Wikipedia

Is it a pest in the house?

In Asian fields it damages sorghum crops.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs in Asia where it attacks sorghum.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Hawaii.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Questions people ask

What crops does the Hawaiian Flower Thrips damage?

It feeds on sorghum and is a pest of that crop in Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Thripidae)

Greenhouse ThripsGreenhouse ThripsHeliothrips haemorrhoidalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsWestern Flower ThripsWestern Flower ThripsFrankliniella occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsChilli ThripsChilli ThripsScirtothrips dorsalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsRedbanded ThripsRedbanded ThripsSelenothrips rubrocinctusDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips_hawaiiensis

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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