Whitefly meaning

    wīt'flī', hwīt'-
    Any of various small whitish plant-feeding insects of the family Aleyrodidae, having long wings and a white waxy body, and often damaging agricultural crops and ornamental plants.
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    Any of a family (Aleyrodidae) of tiny homopteran insects having scalelike larvae and winged adults covered with a white, powdery wax.
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    Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest.
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    Whitefly Sentence Examples

    • Biology, identification and control of the major greenhouse pests including aphids, whitefly and mites.

    • glasshousenhouse whitefly is more common to the UK. but tobacco whitefly is now starting to occur.

    • Bug Gun for Gardens, 800ml Spray Multi-purpose insecticide which controls greenfly, blackfly, caterpillars, whitefly, aphids and thrips.

    • mealy aphids and whitefly which otherwise would simply move on to your spring planted crops.

    • A small hole maybe found after the adult wasp has emerged from the whitefly pupa.

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