Echinothrips americanus

Morgan, 1913 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Echinothrips

At a glance

Occurrence records45

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens31

eDNA detections30

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Echinothrips americanus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility45 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI30 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF45 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 5 countries30 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD31 specimens

01Narrative

Echinothrips americanus is a species of thrips (the taxonomic order Thysanoptera) in the family Thripidae. It is found in North America, Europe, and Asia. E. americanus was first described in 1913 by entomologist A.C. Morgan in Quincy, Florida, where he found the insect on a Veratrum viride plant (common name green false-hellebore). Suggested common names include Poinsettia thrips and Impatiens thrips. Since their spread throughout Europe as early as 1995, and subsequently China, E. americanus has been called an "upcoming pest."

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding31 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Echinothrips americanus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens31

BINs1

Marker genes4

eDNA detections30

Countries8

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P613 bp consensus23 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)3.0%

Haplotypes1

BIN1

Where individuals differ — all 43 variable positions, in barcode order

1Gvariable

2Gvariable

3Avariable

4Cvariable

5Tvariable

6Cvariable

8Cvariable

9Tvariable

10Tvariable

11Tvariable

14Gvariable

16Avariable

19Cvariable

21Avariable

22Avariable

23Tvariable

24Tvariable

25Cvariable

26Gvariable

28Tvariable

29Tvariable

30Avariable

31Avariable

32Avariable

35Tvariable

36Tvariable

37Cvariable

38Gvariable

40Gvariable

41Tvariable

102Tmostly conserved

147Tmostly conserved

160Gmostly conserved

192Tmostly conserved

304Cmostly conserved

516Amostly conserved

579Amostly conserved

591Tmostly conserved

592Amostly conserved

595Cmostly conserved

597Tvariable

600Tvariable

612Cvariable

GGACTCTCTTTAAGAATACTAATTCGATTAAATCTTCGAGTAATAAAATTGTATATTTCTAATGATCAGTTTTATAATTCAATTGTTACA …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Oxythrips pinicolasame family15.1%Scirtothrips oligochaetussame family15.1%Odontothrips lotisame family15.8%Thrips atratussame family16.4%Odontothrips biuncussame family16.9%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P★ITS218S-3P18S-5P

animal barcodefungal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type45 records

Wild obs. + sensor13

Museum / vouchered32

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO84 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 4>10 km 7

11 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence32

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	10
Washington, US	6
Kuopio, FI	2
DPIlocation not on record	2
YAU5082020location not on record	1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 22 of 32 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA30 detections

Where the DNA of Echinothrips americanus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found30

Studies independent surveys1

Countries5

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 30 detections have coordinates

Open the map5 countries0

Forest

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.4 °C 10.1–20.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.4 °C

Max temp (day)20.1 °C 11.8–24.6

Min temp (night)12.1 °C 6.70–16.6

Precipitation91.0 mm/mo 73.8–99.5

Air humidity58.7 % 57.9–63.7

Moisture balance-1.10 mm/mo -69.7–22.4

Vapour deficit722 Pa 469–969

Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.40–5.00

Cloud cover47.5 % 40.9–57.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 23 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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