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.
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mosca Blanca, Sweet Potato Whitefly, Sweetpotato Whitefly
Common Names in German:
Weisse Fliege
Description
Habitat
Biome: agricultural areas, urban areas
Biology
Reproduction
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Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex 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
()
- Genus:
Bemisia
()
- Specific name:
tabaci
- (Gennadius, 1889)
- Scientific name: - Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)
- Specific name:
tabaci
- (Gennadius, 1889)
- Genus:
Bemisia
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bemisia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. afer · B. argentifolia · B. argentifolii (Sweet Potato Whitefly) · B. giffardi (Giffard's White Fly) · B. hancocki · B. myricae · B. tabaci (Sweet Potato Whitefly)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG 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.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 275.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
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
