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Cabbage Whitefly

Aleyrodes proletella

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 4, February 2, March 8, April 13, May 3, June 3, July 0, August 2, September 1, October 3, November 0, December 5.
New Zealand44
Australia32
United States26
Canterbury Region20
Auckland Region14
Germany14
Canada11
Victoria10
South Australia10
Oregon8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyWhiteflies · Aleyrodidae
GenusAleyrodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cabbage Whitefly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.