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whitefly

DEFINITIONS OF: whitefly

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n minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

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Dialeurodes citri, citrus whitefly
whitefly that attacks citrus trees
Trialeurodes vaporariorum, greenhouse whitefly
whitefly that inhabits greenhouses
sweet-potato whitefly
a variety of whitefly
Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain, superbug
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
cotton strain
feeds primarily on cotton
Type of:
homopteran, homopterous insect
insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
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