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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aleyrodoidea » Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae)

Family Aleyrodidae - Whiteflies

Classification · Size · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Aleyrodoidea
Family Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies)
Size
Usually less than 2 to 3 mm.
Identification
Minute soft-bodied insects that resemble tiny moths. IFAS guide
Adults are winged and covered with white dust or waxy powder. Usually active.
Identification to genus or species usually requires close examination of pupa (inactive last nymphal stage).
Food
Feed on leaves.
Life Cycle
First instar larvae are active, subsequent instars are sessile and look like scales.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Whitefly Pupae of the World (keys, host lists, references)
An Identification Guide to the Whiteflies of the Southeastern United States (PDF)
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 13 September, 2004 - 6:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 2 February, 2009 - 8:42pm

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