Whitefly: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Aleyrodidae

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Illustration of a citrus whitefly (Dialeurodes citri) showing a small, pale insect with two large, overlapping white wings, six legs, and a light brown body.

Illustrations of various homopteran insects are shown, including a colorful leafhopper, green plant hopper, whitefly, spiny mealybug, horned treehopper, winged and wingless aphids, brown spittlebug, large cicada, and male and female scale insects with the female covered by a round shell. Each insect is labeled with its common and scientific family name.

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greenhouse whitefly citrus blackfly citrus whitefly Sternorrhyncha aphid jumping plant louse mealybug scale insect

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