Most of the body is covered with a white, waxy bloom. The eyes appear dark brown. Asusual, the small moth-like adults fly about readily when infested plants are disturbed. The base end has a tinyprotuberance that is inserted into the leaf tissue. The eggs are 0.1 mm wide and 0.22 mm long.
Color ranges from translucent creamy to dark gray tipped fading to paler gray at the base.
The tiny nymphs, are oval and light in color without any form of wax secretions. The pupal case is light yellow to an orange yellow in color, without any form of waxsecretions and about 0.84 mm long. The marginal areas appear lighter in color than the mid-dorsalarea. Some marginal indentations may be present when the pupal case has grown against the leafhairs. Pupal case without large dorsal setae, even if leaves are hairy.