Thrips discolor Haliday, 1836
(a thrips)

Interactions where Thrips discolor is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female macropter female macropter may be found on live leaf Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips discolor/Thrips discolora thripsfemale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleaf (7-9)
female micropter female micropter may be found on live leaf Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips discolor/Thrips discolora thripsfemale micropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleaf (1-12)
larva larva may be found on live leaf Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips discolor/Thrips discolora thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleaf (8-9)
male male may be found on live leaf Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips discolor/Thrips discolora thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleaf (7-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Thrips discolor (a thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thrips discolor (a thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThrips discolor (a thrips)
GenusThrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thrips discolor (a thrips)

Thrips discolor (a thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thrips discolor (a thrips):

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