Big-Leaf Maple vs Thrip

Acer macrophyllum compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Thrip is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Thrip
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	Hercinothrips
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Thrip
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States