Thrips chew squiggly little holes in your leaves (and are easily killed with spinosade). Mites are in the undersides of your leaves. Mites can be utterly destroyed with a single spray of a combination of tetrasan 5 WDG (ovacide) to kill eggs and any of the more popular adult killers (avid, forbid 4f, etc). If you live in the west coast don't even fuck around with all the baby shit. West coast mites simply laugh and fuck more when you spray neem or azamax on them
Anyways, back to your bugs. I'm placing my money on aphid. They leave a sticky residue, like the kind on your moms nightstand, and generally like to hike up and down the main stem.
They are easily killed with..ummm, I THINK azamax will kill them but Google it. I have not had aphids in like 10 years