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Tubulifera

Tubulifera

One of the two suborders in the order Thysanoptera (thrips), the other being the Terebrantia. The terminal segments in the abdomen are tubular, lacking an ovipositor, the wings are without minute hairs and bear, at most a single weak vein. Gynaikothrips ficorum rolls the leaves of Ficus retusa L. and related ornamentals