Thysanoptera

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Translingual

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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