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Gladiolus thrips

Thrips simplex (Morison, 1930)

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The gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Canada, France and South Africa.

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Quick facts about the gladiolus 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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the gladiolus 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 gladiolus thrips is listed for 3 countries.

CanadaSouth AfricaFrance
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. France
  3. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the gladiolus thrips as introduced in 11 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Czechiainvasive
  2. Netherlandsinvasive
  3. Swedeninvasive
  4. Austria
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Canary Islands
  7. China
  8. France
  9. Japan
  10. Poland
  11. 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 gladiolus 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 gladiolus thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusThrips
  7. SpeciesThrips simplex (Morison, 1930)

Synonyms Physothrips plurisetae, Physothrips simplex, Similothrips simplex, Taeniothrips gladioli, Taeniothrips gladiolicola, Taeniothrips quinani, Taeniothrips simplex

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • třásněnka mečíkováCzech
  • GladiolustripsDanish
  • Mosquita relámpagoSpanish
  • グラジオラスアザミウマJapanese
  • GladiolentripsDutch
  • Трипс гладиолусовыйRussian
  • strapka mečíkováSlovak
  • 唐菖蒲薊馬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gladiolus thrips

Other species in the same genus Thrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the gladiolus thrips live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the gladiolus thrips for 3 countries: Canada, France and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the gladiolus thrips an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the gladiolus thrips as invasive in 3 countries: Czechia, Netherlands and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 11 in all.

What kind of animal is the gladiolus thrips?

The gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{gladiolus_thrips_2026,
  title = {Gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gladiolus-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}