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Greenhouse thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché, 1833)

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The greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Australia, Finland and Germany.

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Quick facts about the greenhouse 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
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the greenhouse 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 greenhouse thrips is listed for 5 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Finland
  3. Germany
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. Suriname

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the greenhouse thrips as introduced in 16 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Russiainvasive
  2. Swedeninvasive
  3. Australia
  4. Austria
  5. Belgium
  6. Canary Islands
  7. Denmark
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Ireland
  11. Israel
  12. Italy
  13. Japan
  14. Poland
  15. South Africa
  16. 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 greenhouse 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 greenhouse thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusHeliothrips
  7. SpeciesHeliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché, 1833)

Synonyms Dinurothrips rufiventris, Heliothrips adonidum, Heliothrips haemorhoidalis, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis abdominalis, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis angustior, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis ceylonicus, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis var. abdominalis, Heliothrips semiaureus, Thrips haemorrhoidalis, Thrips haenzorrhoidalis

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • třásněnka skleníkováCzech
  • Sort væksthustripsDanish
  • Schwarze FliegeGerman
  • TripsSpanish
  • ansariripsiäinenFinnish
  • クロトンアザミウマJapanese
  • 귤총채벌레Korean
  • KastripsDutch
  • Трипс тепличныйRussian
  • strapka skleníkováSlovak
  • svart växthustripsSwedish
  • 溫室薊馬Chinese
  • Mosquita relámpagoSpanish
  • Zwarte kastripsDutch
  • Оранжерейный трипсRussian
  • 變葉木薊馬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the greenhouse thrips

Other species in the same genus Heliothrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the greenhouse thrips live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the greenhouse thrips for 5 countries: Australia, Finland, Germany, Sri Lanka and Suriname. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the greenhouse thrips an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the greenhouse thrips as invasive in 2 countries: Russia and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 16 in all.

What kind of animal is the greenhouse thrips?

The greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis) 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). Greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/greenhouse-thrips

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BibTeX
@misc{greenhouse_thrips_2026,
  title = {Greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/greenhouse-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}