Thrips atratus Haliday, 1836
(Carnation Thrips)

Interactions where Thrips atratus 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 female feeds on live flower UK/Ireland MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsliveflower (1-11)
larva larva feeds on live flower UK/Ireland MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsliveflower (5-10)
male male feeds on live flower UK/Ireland MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripsmale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsliveflower (5-10)
female female feeds on live flower CARYOPHYLLACEAE chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation Caryophyllales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Caryophyllaceaechickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnationliveflower (1-11)
larva larva feeds on live flower CARYOPHYLLACEAE chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation Caryophyllales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Caryophyllaceaechickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnationliveflower (5-10)
male male feeds on live flower CARYOPHYLLACEAE chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation Caryophyllales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripsmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Caryophyllaceaechickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnationliveflower (5-10)
adult adult feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed Solanales: Convolvulaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips atratus/Thrips atratuscarnation thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Convolvulus arvensis/Convolvulus arvensisfield bindweedliveflower

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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 atratus (Carnation Thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thrips atratus (Carnation Thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThrips atratus (Carnation 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 atratus (Carnation Thrips)

Thrips atratus (Carnation 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 atratus (Carnation Thrips):

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