Flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
The flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Figure 1), is one of the most abundant species of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the eastern United States (Reitz 2008).The official common name established by the Entomological Society of America for this species is flower thrips, although the name flower thrips is often applied generic