Delphastus pusillus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Delphastus
- Species
- Delphastus pusillus
- Scientific Name
- Delphastus pusillus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Delphastus pusillus
Delphastus pusillus is a small ladybird beetle which preys on all species and stages of whitefly, but prefers eggs and nymphs. The adults are small (1⁄16 in), shiny, black beetles. Newly emerged adults are pale-brown to almost white. They eventually turn black with a brown head. The eggs are 0.2 mm long, clear and twice as long as they are wide. The elongate larvae are pale yellow.
...Delphastus pusillus in languages:
- English
- Whitefly Destroyer
- English
- Whitefly Predator
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