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Whiteflies

Description:

"Adult whiteflies resemble tiny moths and are covered with a white waxy powder. They’re rarely more than 1-3 millimeters long and are typically found on the undersides of leaves. Immature forms have a scalelike appearance and are sometimes mistaken as scale insects." from: http://www.learn2grow.com

Habitat:

Under the leaves of a pitanga tree(Eugenia uniflora).

Notes:

Thanks to Marcos Rafael Gusmão and Alexandre Berndt who help to identify the insect.

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5 Comments

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

New ID!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Okay, I'm not an Entomologist but I'm glad you agree.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Dan, I take another macro of the moth. You are right, is very different from this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/685...

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

Wow...

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 12 years ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

rubens.luciano
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rubens.luciano

Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jul 24, 2011
Submitted on Jul 24, 2011

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