The genus Neohoodiella has been known from a single species, described from Nouvelle Caledonie. The second member of this genus, N. jennibeardae, breeds in the forests along the east coast of Australia, on the leaves of two unrelated plants - the dicotyledonous tree, Ficus coronata (Moraceae), and the monocotyledenous vine, Ripogonum elseyanum (Smilacaceae).
The adult head, in both sexes of this thrips, bears a bifurcate tubercle that is unique amongst Thysanoptera. All life stages are pale, and hide beneath the vein hairs of the host plants.
