Thysanoptera

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Translingual

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Thrips tabaci (left) and Frankliniella occidentalis (both suborder Terebrantia)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, fringe) + πτερόν (pterón, wing).

Proper noun

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Thysanoptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Exopterygota – the thrips—tiny narrow-winged insects that fly using fringes of long setae rather than membranes.

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