Overview
Insect. The sweet potato whitefly is a major pest worldwide of crops grown for food and fibre. Damage is caused by the piercing and sucking of sap from the foliage of plants , the vectoring of plant viruses, and the production of honeydew which serves as substrate for the growth of sooty moulds on leaves.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Sweetpotato Whitefly, Mosca Blanca, Sweet Potato Whitefly
Common Names in German:
Weisse Fliege
Biology
Reproduction
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Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
()
- Order:
Hemiptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Sternorrhyncha
()
- Infraorder:
Psyllomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Aleyrodoidea
()
- Family:
Aleyrodidae
()
- Subfamily:
Aleyrodinae
()
- Subfamily:
Aleyrodinae
(
- Family:
Aleyrodidae
(
- Superfamily:
Aleyrodoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Psyllomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Sternorrhyncha
(
- Order:
Hemiptera
(
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bemisia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. argentifolii (Silverleaf Whitefly) · B. giffardi (Giffard's White Fly) · B. tabaci (Sweetpotato Whitefly)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 115, p. 140, p. 141, p. 159, p. 303, p. 304, p. 322, p. 337, p. 340, p. 400, p. 401, p. 412, p. 413, p. 426.
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 1, p. 1168, p. 12, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 141, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17, p. 17, p. 176, p. 20, p. 20, p. 23, p. 25, p. 26, p. 269, p. 305, p. 36, p. 360, p. 4, p. 5, p. 53, p. 555, p. 56, p. 59, p. 60, p. 74, p. 752, p. 76, p. 80, p. 933, p. 94.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 275, p. 433, p. 449.
- Journal of Hymenoptera research. 11 Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 140, p. 143, p. 153, p. 157, p. 162, p. 163, p. 164, p. 165, p. 166, p. 168, p. 179, p. 183, p. 192, p. 193, p. 194, p. 195, p. 196, p. 197, p. 198, p. 226, p. 227, p. 61.
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 15, p. 15, p. 17, p. 20, p. 31, p. 37, p. 45, p. 47, p. 51, p. 55, p. 57, p. 57, p. 59, p. 59.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 132, p. 338, p. 474, p. 494.
- The changing Illinois environment: critical trends: technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1994. url p. 81.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2598218
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-200547
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 200547
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17560
