Brassica Whitefly - Aleyrodes proletella
Description
Adults are 1.5 mm in length. They have white wings with four inconspicuous grey spots. The wings are white due to a powdery wax.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
On brassicas.
When to see it
Summer and autumn.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
HAPeacock
Groby Road Allotments
06 August 2015
egaten
Thurlaston garden
04 October 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brassica Whitefly
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aleyrodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 06/08/2015 (Peacock, H A)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2022 (Wright, David)
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