It lives on the underside of foliage, feeding on intracellular liquids and causing reddish spots on the upper surface. A tropical and subtropical pest. Cool temperatures greatly reduce their activity. L ife Cycle - 9 to 15 generations may occur every year. Complete development of a generation requires an accumulation of 369.5 day-degrees .
Females are better vectors than males.
Chalcid Hymenoptera , particularly of the genera Encarsia and Eretmocerus , limit populations of this whitefly .