Tripidi
causing the surrounding tissue to die. The resulting silver-grey patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop [...] fringe of hairs along both edges of the thin wings. There are more than 6,000 known species. Most are harmless, some are predators, and fewer than 20 species [...] belong to the family Thripidae. Thrips damage Thrips cause damage to the plant by piercing the cells of the surface tissue and sucking out their contents