Species

Whitefly

Insects

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Whitefly." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/whitefly.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Whitefly. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/whitefly

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-whitefly,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Whitefly},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/whitefly},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Whiteflies are hemipteran insects that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves, classified in the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1,550 whitefly species have been described.

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