Flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
The vista 5 vl5 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 app