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Onion thrips

Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889

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The onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Australia, Austria and Canada.

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Quick facts about the onion 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
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the onion 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 onion thrips is listed for 7 countries.

CanadaFranceIndiaAustriaHungaryAustraliaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Austria
  3. Canada
  4. France
  5. Hungary
  6. India
  7. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the onion thrips as introduced in 9 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Canary Islands
  3. Denmark
  4. Ecuador
  5. Estonia
  6. Japan
  7. Poland
  8. South Africa
  9. 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 onion 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 onion thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusThrips
  7. SpeciesThrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889

Synonyms Limothrips allii, Limothrips serotina, Parathrips uzeli, Ramaswamiahi kallarensis, Ramaswamiahiella kallarensis, Thrips adamsoni, Thrips bicolor, Thrips brachycephalus, Thrips bremnerii, Thrips communis, Thrips communis annulicornis, Thrips communis pulla, Thrips communis var. annulicornis, Thrips debilis, Thrips dianthi, Thrips dorsalis, Thrips flava obsoleta, Thrips frankeniae, Thrips hololeucus, Thrips indigenus, Thrips mariae, Thrips obsoletus, Thrips seminiveus, Thrips solanacearum, Thrips solanaceorum, Thrips tabaci f. atricornis, Thrips tabaci f. irrorata, Thrips tabaci f. nigricornis

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Onion-thripsEnglish
  • třásněnka zahradníCzech
  • NelliketripsDanish
  • ZwiebelthripsGerman
  • Mosquita relámpagoSpanish
  • Thrips du tabacFrench
  • ネギアザミウマJapanese
  • 파총채벌레Korean
  • Tabakinis tripsasLithuanian
  • TabakstripsDutch
  • Трипс табачныйRussian
  • strapka tabakováSlovak
  • nejliktripsSwedish
  • เพลี้ยไฟหอมใหญ่Thai
  • Tütün TripsiTurkish
  • 蔥薊馬Chinese
  • Trips de la cebollaSpanish
  • Thrips de l'oignonFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the onion 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 onion thrips live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the onion thrips for 7 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, France and Hungary. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the onion thrips an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the onion thrips as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 9 in all.

What kind of animal is the onion thrips?

The onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) 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). Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/onion-thrips

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BibTeX
@misc{onion_thrips_2026,
  title = {Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/onion-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}