thrips vs thysanopteron

thrips and thysanopteron both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thrips	Yes	No	No	No
thysanopteron	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, thysanopteron is a hypernym of thrips; that is, thysanopteron is a word with a broader meaning than thrips:

thrips: any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
thysanopteron: an insect of the order Thysanoptera

Other hypernyms of thrips include thysanopter, thysanopterous insect.

thrips (noun)	thysanopteron (noun)
any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive	an insect of the order Thysanoptera