Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Thrips tabaci
Feeds on flowers. In other parts of the world known as a vector of plant diseases.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Thysanoptera
Suborder
Terebrantia
Family
Thripidae
Genus
Thrips
Species
tabaci
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2001
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Potentially Invasive
- Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
- Hoddle, M.S. Mound, L.A. (2011) Thysanoptera of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science, 65(4): 507-514.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Thrips tabaci", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16069. Accessed 1 November 2026.