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Maize thrips

Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom, 1911

Status not recordedinsects

The maize thrips (Anaphothrips sudanensis) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera.

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Quick facts about the maize 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
Not recorded

Where does the maize thrips live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maize thrips as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Cyprus

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 maize 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 maize thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusAnaphothrips
  7. SpeciesAnaphothrips sudanensis Trybom, 1911

Synonyms Anaphothrips bicinctus, Anaphothrips bicolor, Anaphothrips flavicinctus f. brachyptera, Anaphothrips piercei, Anaphothrips speciosus, Anaphothrips transvaalensis, Euthrips alternans, Euthrips citricinctus, Euthrips flavicinctus, Neophysopus medioflavus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Yellow-banded grass thripsEnglish
  • Yellow-banded maize thripsEnglish
  • アワキオビアザミウマJapanese
  • 栗帶薊馬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the maize thrips

Other species in the same genus Anaphothrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the maize thrips an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maize thrips as introduced in 1 country: Cyprus, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the maize thrips?

The maize thrips (Anaphothrips sudanensis) belongs to the family Thripidae in the order Thysanoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Maize thrips (Anaphothrips sudanensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/maize-thrips

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BibTeX
@misc{maize_thrips_2026,
  title = {Maize thrips (Anaphothrips sudanensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/maize-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}