Whitefly

Whitefly
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Whiteflies (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Aleyrodoidea
Family: Aleyrodidae
Subfamilies[1]

Aleurodicinae
Aleyrodinae
Udamoselinae
Bernaeinae

Synonyms

Aleurodidae

Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described.

  1. ^ Martin, J.H.; Mound, L.A. (2007). "An annotated check list of the world's whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)". Zootaxa. 1492: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1492.1.1.