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whiteflyAny sap-sucking member of the insect family Aleyrodidae (order Homoptera). Nymphs are flat, oval, and usually covered with a cottony substance. Adults, 0.08–0.12 in. (2–3 mm) long, are covered with a white opaque powder and resemble moths. Whiteflies are abundant in warm climates, on houseplants, and in greenhouses. The greenhouse whitefly is one of the most abundant and destructive members of the family. The citrus whitefly and citrus blackfly damage fruit and other crops by sucking sap and producing honeydew, a by-product of digestion on which grows a sooty fungus that ruins fruit and reduces the host plant's ability to photosynthesize. whitefly any hemipterous insect of the family Aleyrodidae, typically having a body covered with powdery wax. Many are pests of greenhouse crops How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SAUGUS - The ash trees that line Los Rogues Drive provide an inviting canopy of shade, but a closer look shows the tender new leaves are crumbling and dying, a sure sign of a whitefly invasion. Simkaniae Simkania negevensis Amoebae, humans: RTI "Candidatus Fritsche Whitefly bemesiae" "Candidatus F. Skinner, University of Vermont insect pathologist Michael Brownbridge, and University of Vermont entomologist Bruce Parker are narrowing in on a strain of the fungus Verticillium lecanii similar to one commercially produced in Europe for use in greenhouses against whitefly, another pest. |
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