Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops (2+1)

2. Whitefly - Aleurocanthus nubilans Buckt and Dialeurodes pallida Lamba. (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera)

Damage

• Both nymphs and adults suck the sap from the leaves causing yellowing chlorotic spots, sooty mould development on leaves.
Bionomics

• The adult is a minute insect covered with white waxy bloom.