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Species Bemisia argentifolii - Silverleaf Whitefly

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily Aleyrodoidea

Family Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies)

Subfamily Aleyrodinae

Genus Bemisia

Species argentifolii (Silverleaf Whitefly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Also known as strain B of B. tabaci (Gennadius).

Explanation of Names

Described by Bellows & Perring, 1994.

Remarks

Worldwide distribution. Possibly its origin is India; first found in the United States in the late 1880's. Considered a pest.

Internet References

University of Florida

Bemisia argentifolii, PDF

Invasive.org

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 18 December, 2008 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 13 January, 2016 - 10:47pm

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