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American grass Thrip

Anaphothrips obscurus (Muller, 1776)

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The American grass thrip (Anaphothrips obscurus) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera.

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Quick facts about the American grass thrip

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the American grass thrip live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the American grass thrip as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canary Islands
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the American grass thrip endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the American grass thrip classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusAnaphothrips
  7. SpeciesAnaphothrips obscurus (Muller, 1776)

Synonyms Anaphothrips 6-guttus, Anaphothrips discrepans, Anaphothrips obscurus f. collaris, Anaphothrips obscurus f. grisea, Anaphothrips sexguttus, Anaphothrips virgo, Limothrips poaphagus, Thrips obscura, Thrips striata

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • třásněnka lučníCzech
  • Gemeiner GrasthripsGerman
  • Mosquita relámpagoSpanish
  • クサキイロアザミウマJapanese
  • 대관령총채벌레Korean
  • Трипс злаковыйRussian
  • strapka lúčnaSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the American grass thrip

Other species in the same genus Anaphothrips.

Maize thrips

Anaphothrips sudanensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the American grass thrip an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the American grass thrip as introduced in 2 countries: Canary Islands and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the American grass thrip?

The American grass thrip (Anaphothrips obscurus) belongs to the family Thripidae in the order Thysanoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). American grass Thrip (Anaphothrips obscurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/american-grass-thrip

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“American grass Thrip (Anaphothrips obscurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/american-grass-thrip.

BibTeX
@misc{american_grass_thrip_2026,
  title = {American grass Thrip (Anaphothrips obscurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/american-grass-thrip},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}