Balkan Maple vs Thrips

Acer hyrcanum compared with Thrips palmi

Key Differences

• Balkan Maple is Least Concern while Thrips is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balkan Maple	Thrips
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Thripidae
Genus	Acer	Thrips
Species	Acer hyrcanum	Thrips palmi

Conservation Status

Balkan Maple

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balkan Maple	Thrips
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Dominica, United States), and South America (Venezuela).

Balkan Maple

The Balkan Maple (Acer hyrcanum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.