An introduced whitefly species, responsible for over a half billion dollars in damage to U.S. agricultural production in 1991, is morphologically indistinguishable from Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). However, with the use of polymerase chain reaction-based DNA differentiation tests, allozymic frequency analyses, crossing experiments, and mating behavior studies, the introduced whitefly is found to be a distinct species. Recognition of this new species, the silverieaf whitefly, is critical in the search for management options.
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Perring, T. M., Cooper, A. D., Rodriguez, R. J., Farrar, C. A., & Bellows, T. S. (1993). Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies. Science, 259(5091), 74–77. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8418497
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