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Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)
Common names: Sweetpotato, cotton or tobacco whitefly

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Distribution

EUROPE: Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sicily, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
FORMER USSR: Azerbaijan, Georgia
AFRICA: Angola, Pagalu, Cameroon, Cape Verdi Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe
ASIA: Afghanistan, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Yemen, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand
AUSTRALASIA & PACIFIC ISLANDS: Australia, Caroline Island, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Mariana Island, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Western Samoa
AMERICA, NORTH: Canada, Mexico, USA - Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas
AMERICA, CENTRAL & CARIBBEAN: Barbados, , Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad& Tobago, USA - Puerto Rico
AMERICA, SOUTH: Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela

Host Range Widely Polyphagous. Species in the following families: Acanthaceae, Aceraceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Araceae, Aristolochiaceae, Ascelepiadaceae, Balsaminaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Boraginaceae, Cannabidaceae, Capparaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caricaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Cistaceae, Commelinaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Geraniaceae, Graminiae, Grossulariaceae, Guttiferae, Labiatae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Linaceae, Logoniaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Menispermaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Musaceae, Myrtaceae, Nytaginaceae, Oleaceae, Oxalidaceae, Passifloaceae, Pedaliaceae, Periplocaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Portulacaceae, Proteaceae, Punicaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae, Ulmaceae, Umbelliferae, Urticaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Zingiberaceae, Zygophyllaceae.
Vector Status Transmits begomoviruses.
References

Cock MJW. (1993). Bemisia tabaci: and update 1986-1992 on the cotton whitefly with an annotated bibliography. International Institute of Biological Control. 78p.

Cock MJW. (1986) Bemisia tabaci - a literature survey on the cotton whitefly with an annotated bibliography. FAO & CABI.121p.

Mound, LA and SH Halsey. (1978). Whitefly of the World: A systematic catalogue of the Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) with host plant and natural enemy data. British Museum (Natural History): Chichester. 329p.

 


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