Bemisia tabaci(BEMITA)
Hosts
Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
| Organism | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Euphorbia pulcherrima (EPHPU) | Major host | |
* Łabanowski GS (2017) The threat of greenhouse horticultural crops by pests. Zeszyty Naukowe Instytutu Ogrodnictwa, 25, 39-56. (in Polish with English abstract). * McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Gerbera jamesonii (GEBJA) | Major host | |
| Gossypium hirsutum (GOSHI) | Major host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Ipomoea batatas (IPOBA) | Major host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Manihot esculenta (MANES) | Major host | |
* Casinga CM, Wosula EN, Sikirou M, Shirima RR, Munyerenkana CM, Nabahungu LN, Bashizi BK, Ugentho H, Monde G, Legg JP (2022) Diversity and distribution of whiteflies colonizing cassava in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Insects 13, 849. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13090849 | ||
| Nicotiana tabacum (NIOTA) | Major host | |
| Solanum lycopersicum (LYPES) | Major host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Amaranthus blitoides (AMABL) | Wild/Weed | |
| Amaranthus retroflexus (AMARE) | Wild/Weed | |
| Atriplex semibaccata (ATXSE) | Wild/Weed | |
| Bryonia dioica (BYODI) | Wild/Weed | |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris (CAPBP) | Wild/Weed | |
| Erigeron canadensis (ERICA) | Wild/Weed | |
| Lactuca serriola (LACSE) | Wild/Weed | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae (OXAPC) | Wild/Weed | |
| Senecio vulgaris (SENVU) | Wild/Weed | |
| Solanum nigrum (SOLNI) | Wild/Weed | |
| Sonchus oleraceus (SONOL) | Wild/Weed | |
| Stellaria media (STEME) | Wild/Weed | |
| Urtica urens (URTUR) | Wild/Weed | |
| Abelmoschus esculentus (ABMES) | Host | |
* Nawaz A, Ali H, Gogi MD et al. (2020) Resistance Assessment of Different Cultivars of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Against Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). Gesunde Pflanzen 72, 361–369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-020-00518-2 | ||
| Arachis hypogaea (ARHHY) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Asteraceae (1COMF) | Host | |
| Borago officinalis (BOROF) | Host | |
| Brassicaceae (1CRUF) | Host | |
| Brassica oleracea (BRSOX) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris (BRSRA) | Host | |
* Costa HS, Ullman DE, Johnson MW, Tabashnik BE (1993) Association between Bemisia tabaci density and reduced growth, yellowing and stem blanching of lettuce and kai choy. Plant Disease 77, 969-972. ------- as Brassica campestris. | ||
| Capsicum annuum (CPSAN) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Chrysanthemum x morifolium (CHYHO) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Convolvulaceae (1COVF) | Host | |
| Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantaloupensis (CUMMC) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Cucumis sativus (CUMSA) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Cucurbitaceae (1CUCF) | Host | |
| Cucurbita moschata (CUUMO) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Cucurbita pepo (CUUPE) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Euphorbiaceae (1EUPF) | Host | |
| Fabaceae (1LEGF) | Host | |
| Glycine max (GLXMA) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Hibiscus (1HIBG) | Host | |
| Lactuca sativa (LACSA) | Host | |
* Costa HS, Ullman DE, Johnson MW, Tabashnik BE (1993) Association between Bemisia tabaci density and reduced growth, yellowing and stem blanching of lettuce and kai choy. Plant Disease 77, 969-972. | ||
| Lantana camara (LANCA) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Lavandula coronopifolia (LAVSR) | Host | |
| Malvaceae (1MAVF) | Host | |
| Melissa officinalis (MLSOF) | Host | |
| Mentha (1MENG) | Host | |
| Ocimum basilicum (OCIBA) | Host | |
| Phaseolus vulgaris (PHSVX) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| plants (2PLAN) | Host | |
| Salvia officinalis (SALOF) | Host | |
| Salvia rosmarinus (RMSOF) | Host | |
| Sinningia (1SNNG) | Host | |
| Solanaceae (1SOLF) | Host | |
| Solanum melongena (SOLME) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Tagetes erecta (TAGER) | Host | |
| Thymus serpyllum (THYSE) | Host | |
| vegetable plants (2VEGP) | Host | |
| Verbena (1VEBG) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Vigna radiata (PHSAU) | Host | |
* Patel DS, Deb S, Parmar NL, Joshi VJ (2025) Population dynamics of sucking pests in green gram, Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology 20, 53-56 https://doi.org/10.58628/JAE-2520-107 | ||
| Vigna unguiculata (VIGSI) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||
| Zea mays (ZEAMX) | Host | |
* McKenzie CL, Sparks Jr AN, Roberts P, Oetting RD, Osborne LS (2020) Survey of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in agricultural ecosystems in Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 55(2), 163-170. | ||