Trialeurodes vaporariorum (greenhouse whitefly)
characteristics: wings of an adult whitefly are placed horizontally and slightly overlapping, adult whiteflies are often on the underside of young leaves, especially in the top of the crop, eggs are laid on the underside of the leaves, they are at first white and black color after 2-3 days, most larvae under the leaf, the pupa is white and translucent, presence of honeydew on the crop, When the larvae of the greenhouse whitefly is parasitized by the natural enemy Encarsia formosa they turn black. natural enemies: Delphastus, Encarsia formosa, Eretmocerus eremicus, combination of Encarsia formosa and Eretmocerus eremicus, Macrolophus pygmaeus and Swirski-mite hosts: various fruit vegetables of the solonaceae family such as tomato and various ornamentals |
Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly)
characteristics: adult stages of the tobacco whitefly hold their wings on the side of their body, so the yellow body is more clearly than in the greenhouse whitefly, adult stages are often on the underside of young leaves, larvae on the underside of young leaves, but on older leaves, the pupa is relatively flat and transparent or yellowish in color, the adult whitefly is visible (yellow with red eyes and white wing construction), if the larvae of the tobacco whitefly parasitized by Encarsia formosa, they turn white to brown, presence of honeydew on the crop natural enemies: Delphastus, Encarsia formosa, Eretmocerus eremicus, combination of Encarsia formosa en Eretmocerus eremicus, Macrolophus pygmaeus and Swirski-mite hosts: various fruit vegetables of the solonaceae family such as tomato and various ornamentals |
