The females deposit their eggs on the undersides of leaves, where they are usually clustered in groups. Each egg is attached by a stalk to the leaf and is somewhat elliptical in shape, tapering towards the unattached end. Newly laid eggs are smooth and whitish-yellow. As the eggs approach hatching in about five to seven days, they turn brown. These structures are empty, silver in color and resemble small fish scales on the leaves.
Immature stages are thin and flat, elliptical in shape, and greenish-yellow in color.
In most infestations, all stages of the life cycle are present. At the end of the nymphal cycle, the whitefly enters into what is commonly known as the pupal stage . The pupa has two conspicuous red eyes and the body is raised or convex in shape, but appearing oval and flat from above. When the adult whitefly emerges from the pupal case it leaves a distinctive T-shaped split . Adults congregate, feed, and mate on the undersurfaces of the leaves of the host plant.