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Pear thrips

Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel, 1895)

Status not recordedinsects

The pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens) is a species in the family Thripidae, order Thysanoptera.

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Quick facts about the pear 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 pear thrips live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pear thrips as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Canadainvasive
  2. Japan
  3. 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 pear 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 pear thrips classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderThysanoptera
  5. familyThripidae
  6. genusTaeniothrips
  7. SpeciesTaeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel, 1895)

Synonyms Euthrips pyri, Physopus inconsequens, Physothrips alpinus, Physothrips calcaratus, Taeniothrips inconsequens ab. adustus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • PæretripsDanish
  • BirnenthripsGerman
  • ナシアザミウマJapanese
  • PerentripsDutch
  • Трипс грушевыйRussian
  • strapka hruškováSlovak
  • pärontripsSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pear thrips

Other species in the same genus Taeniothrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pear thrips an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pear thrips as invasive in 1 country: Canada. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the pear thrips?

The pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens) 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). Pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pear-thrips

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BibTeX
@misc{pear_thrips_2026,
  title = {Pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pear-thrips},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}