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Pacific Pests, Pathogens, Weeds & Pesticides

Capsicum Aeurotrachelus whitefly (168)

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Photo 1. Adult Aleurotrachelus whitefly. Note the curly strands of wax.

Photo 2. Adult Aleurotrachelus whitefly and the circular egg mass characteristic of this insect. 

Photo 3. Larvae of the Aleurotrachelus whitefly at an early stage.

Samari

  • Diswan hem impoten pest blo pepa an Kava. Hem spred lo South an Central America, Africa, Caribbean, Oceania lo kumara, Chinese kabis an olketa famili blo kukamba an melon.
  • Eggs blo flae ya hem leim lo sigol an smol wan luk olsem anis. Behaen olketa settle den luk olsem raon, balake, an hem kava lo waet samting olsem pauda ; bik flae hem measure 2-3mm an luk olsem koel koel flae wea white. Olketa wakem “honeydew” luk olsem balake pupu.
  • Olketa sakem wata blo plant den kosim fo balake samting fo grow lo honeydew.
  • Gudfala insek lo gaden: Wanfala smol  onet nem blo hem, Encarsia formosia, olketa save usim tumas fo kilim na disfala waet flae.
  • Kemikol kontrol:  soap, white o horticultural oils; hem impoten fo iumi save dat poison kemikol save kilim olketa gudfala insek.

Lokol nem: whitefly

Saentifik nem: Aleurotrachelus trachoides

Photo 4. Late stage larvae of Aleurotrachelus whitefly which are now black.

Photo 5. The late stage of the larvae are black. In this photograph an orange ring of the fungus Aschersonia aleyrodis is present.

Photo 6. Fungus, probably Aschersonia sp. growing on pupae of the whitefly, Aleurotrachelus trichoides. As it produces spores so it becomes orange.

Photo 7. Complete colonisation of the pupae of Aleurotrachelus trichoides on the underside of a kava leaf by the fungus, Aschersonia sp.

Photo 8. Magnified pupae of Aleurotrachelus trichoides showing that the fungus, Aschersonia sp., has formed a crust over them.

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