This covering protects the scale and makes control difficult. Mealybugs are very similar to scale insects, however they secrete a white waxy material over their bodies. Mealybugs also move about on the host plant to feed. Mealybugs are most susceptible to insecticide applications when they are young and have not formed a thick covering over their bodies. Lace bugs .
Lace bugs get their name from the appearance of the area behind their head and the wing covers.
The area forms a lacelike covering over the body of the insect. Lace bug damage appears on the upper leaf surface as white to yellow chlorotic spots. The lower leaf surfaces will be cluttered with black spots and the old cast skins of immature lace bugs. Whityfly adults resemble small gnats. The immature whiteflies are attached to the underside of leaves and resemble scale insects.