Name: Whiteflies
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Aleyrodoidea
Family: Aleyrodidae
Habitat:
Whiteflies can always be found on the undersides of the plant host leaves.
Food:
They have a broad range of hosts, such as cucurbits, tomatoes, peppers, cole crops, hibiscus, poinsettias, and feed on the leaf tissue.
Method of Travel:
Crawling, Flying
Prevention:
1. Control your weeds – they’re often alternate hosts for the whitefly.
2. When it comes to controlling whiteflies in the garden, conservation of native beneficial insects is a good plan of attack.
Steps to control:
1. Good, long lasting, low-toxic methods of insect control can be done with Knock Down Indoor and Plant Flying & Crawling Insect Killer or other Knock Down products listed below.
Products to use:
KD098D – KNOCK DOWN – KILSOL™
KD153DP – KNOCK DOWN™ PRO – 153™ RTU MULTI SITE
KD155D – KNOCK DOWN – GREENHOUSE -PLANT AND FLOWER
