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Whitefly

Pseudozaphanera wariensis

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A small dark blue winged insect, about 3 mm long, with a greenish-brown bulbous thorax and long antennae. Paddle-shaped wings were tented up over the body.

Habitat:

Spotted in large numbers on a wattle plant - suburban garden.

Notes:

My thanks to Stephen Thorpe for pointing me in the right direction with identifying this insect and to Peter S.Gillespie for the ID

These are hemipterans from: <br>
Family: Aleyrodidae <br>
Subfamily: Aleyrodinae <br>

The pupae look like this: <br>
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/163506150

Species ID Suggestions

whitefly

Pseudozaphanera wariensis

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PublishedNovember 16, 2014

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