thysanopterous insect

Definitions of thysanopterous insect

1. noun

   an insect of the order Thysanoptera
   synonyms: thysanopter, thysanopteron

   types:

   thrip, thripid, thrips

   any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive

   Frankliniella fusca, tobacco thrips

   injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts

   Thrips tobaci, onion louse, onion thrips

   injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco

   type of:

   insect

   a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum