whitefly

IPA: hwˈaɪtfɫaɪ

Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest

Examples of "whitefly" in Sentences

They were pinched from an infestation of whitefly.
The obvious main pest the farmers encounter is the whitefly
Use it to control insects and mites such as whitefly, aphids and scale.
There were whitefly, tomato pests, and pests that damaged the potatoes.
Both might have used a dusting, but at least they weren't subject to whitefly and blight.
My favorite hatch close to home is the catching smallmouth bass at night during the Susquehanna River whitefly hatch.
Some of the wonderful kale of spring, Red Russian, is looking sad, wilted and worse for whitefly, and should be pulled.
Be careful with the budding spray and anything that encourages lots of top growth, you're just asking for a whitefly invasion.
D. pusillus attacks a range of whitefly species, but within the systems employed in this study it can be considered a relative specialist because neither cowpea nor maize provided alternative hosts.
In this regard, the effects of different cropping systems on the whitefly predator Delphastus pusillus (Le Conte) and on the combined action of the parasitoides Amitus aleurodinus Haldeman and Eretmocerus aleyrodiphaga