Adult: body length 1.2 ~ 1.5 mm, dark brown, with reticular pattern on the back. The compound eye is slightly prominent, reddish brown. The antenna has 8 nodes, the 7th and 8th nodes are slender and bristle-like, and the front wings are gray.

Eggs: kidney-shaped and colorless.

Nymphs: The body is orange, and the posterior margin of the first abdominal segment and the back of the second abdominal segment are bright red, thus forming obvious red bands, so it is also called red-banded netted thrips.