Whiteflies
What are Whiteflies?
The adult whiteflies are about 2-3 mm long tiny insects that belong to only family Aleyrodidae in the order Hemiptera in the class Insecta. As other hemipterous bugs, whiteflies also have piercing and sucking types of mouth parts that they use for sucking cell sap (juice) from the plants. So far there are more than 1500 whitefly species have been described and all of them are known to cause serious economic damage to various vegetables, ornamental plants and fruits and field crops. The whiteflies have yellowish body with white colored wings. The white color of wings is mainly due to the natural coating of the white colored powdery wax. In addition to the white color of wings, some species of whiteflies have characteristic markings on their wings. Whiteflies develop through four nymphal (larval) stages (instars), which are wingless and generally flattened, pale to translucent in color.
Facts (show all)
- List of the most economically devastating species of Whiteflies
- Biology of whiteflies
- What type of damage is caused by whiteflies?
- Which Viruses are transmitted by whiteflies?
- Biological control of whiteflies
- Predatory beneficial insects
- Parasitic beneficial insects
- Parasitic beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes
- Research Papers