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Citrus thrips

Scirtothrips citri (Moulton, 1909)

Status not recordedinsects

The citrus thrips (Scirtothrips citri) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the citrus thrips

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the citrus thrips live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The citrus thrips is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the citrus thrips 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 citrus thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusScirtothrips
  7. SpeciesScirtothrips citri (Moulton, 1909)

Synonyms Euthrips citri, Scirtothrips admangiferaffinis, Scirtothrips apatzinganensis, Scirtothrips clivicola, Scirtothrips danieltelizi, Scirtothrips dieterenkerlini, Scirtothrips hectorgonzalizi, Scirtothrips magniferraffinis, Scirtothrips mangoaffinis, Scirtothrips mangofrequentis, Scirtothrips mangoinfestans, Scirtothrips mangomolestus, Scirtothrips mangonoxius, Scirtothrips mangorum, Scirtothrips martingonzalezi, Scirtothrips novomangorum, Scirtothrips willihennigi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Mosquita relámpagoSpanish
  • Трипс цитрусовыйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the citrus thrips

Other species in the same genus Scirtothrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the citrus thrips live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the citrus thrips for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the citrus thrips?

The citrus thrips (Scirtothrips citri) 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). Citrus thrips (Scirtothrips citri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/citrus-thrips

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BibTeX
@misc{citrus_thrips_2026,
  title = {Citrus thrips (Scirtothrips citri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/citrus-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}