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Bemisia tabaci is commonly known as:
Bemisia tabaci is commonly known as:
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B. tabaci biotype B (MEAM1) is particularly destructive, resistant to many insecticides.
Updated On: Jul 2, 2026
- Stable fly
- Warble fly
- Sweet potato whitefly
- Cluster fly
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The Correct Option is C
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Bemisia tabaci:
Major agricultural pest worldwide
Vectors over 100 plant viruses
Also called cotton whitefly or tobacco whitefly
Other options:
Stable fly: Stomoxys calcitrans
Warble fly: Hypoderma spp.
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Alternate approach - eliminate by insect group and common name pattern:
Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) and Warble fly (Hypoderma spp.) both belong to the true flies, order Diptera, which have a completely different body form and life cycle from whiteflies, so both can be ruled out.
Cluster fly (Pollenia spp.) is also a Dipteran that overwinters in large clusters, again unrelated to whitefly biology.
Bemisia tabaci itself belongs to order Hemiptera, family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies), and is best known by a common name reflecting its main crop association and pest status - Sweet potato whitefly, also called tobacco/cotton whitefly, is the only option consistent with its taxonomic identity.
Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) and Warble fly (Hypoderma spp.) both belong to the true flies, order Diptera, which have a completely different body form and life cycle from whiteflies, so both can be ruled out.
Cluster fly (Pollenia spp.) is also a Dipteran that overwinters in large clusters, again unrelated to whitefly biology.
Bemisia tabaci itself belongs to order Hemiptera, family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies), and is best known by a common name reflecting its main crop association and pest status - Sweet potato whitefly, also called tobacco/cotton whitefly, is the only option consistent with its taxonomic identity.
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