[pbs] iris fly? possible identification.
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Thu Jun 11 22:16:24 EDT 2009
If whitefly does not pupate--how come there is a title: Whitefly Pupae of
the World-- noting 31 genera? I suspect that the term "whitefly" is one of
those all-embracing common names that taxes taxonomists.
----- Original Message -----
From: <puppincuff at cox.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] iris fly? possible identification.
> What you have is a leaf miner, either a moth or a fly. I coudn't tell more
> from your picture. White flies do not pupate (incomplete metamorphosis)
> and are in the family Homoptera, which includes scale insects and mealy
> bugs. You can cure the latter, leafminers are unreachable.
> ---- garrapat at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:59:39 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Dear Janos. The pupa in the size and description you offer fits the
>> >description of whitefly (Aleyrodes spiraedides)
>>
>> Whiteflies are not flies(Diptera) but Hemiptera and are suckers not
>> borers.
>>
>> --
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