Black tea thrips
fliers and tend to remain in the shaded areas on the plant. The eggs are white and banana-shaped and are inserted singly in plant tissue by the females [...] Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis , is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics; it also occurs in greenhouses of temperate areas, is highly polyphagous [...] backward over the head in the pupal stage. The prepupal and pupal stages do not feed. Damage symptoms The black tea thrips feeds primarily on the foliage of