Sweet Potato Whitefly

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius 1889)

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Bemisia tabaci (Sweet Potato Whitefly) is a species of plant lice in the family whiteflies. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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neometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/neometabolous
- Definition: A modified form of hemimetabolous development, with resting stages resembling the holometabolous pupa.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato)
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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symbiont
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2374421
- Definition: organism living in symbiosis, a close and long-term biological association, with another organism
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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cosmopolitan
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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temperate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato)
invasive in
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InvasiveRange
- Definition: Information about the jurisdictions where the taxon is considered to be an invasive organism due to its negative impact on human welfare or ecosystems.
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The Contiguous United States
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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herbivore
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
- Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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NHMUK

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Sweet potato whitefly. View this species on GBIF

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