The eggs are whitish to light beige with the apex tending to be slightly darker. The nymphal stages appear glassy to opaque yellowish and may or may not have dorsal spines, depending on leaf characteristics. The body is flattened and scale-like with the margin relatively near the leaf surface. There is not a marginal palisade of waxy spines. The pupa or fourth nymphal instar will be somewhat darker beigeish yellow and opaque and 0.6 to 0.8 mm long.
Pupae are relatively more plump compared to previous nymphal stages.
The apex of anterior and caudal spiracular furrows have smalls amount of white wax deposits. The caudal setae are prominent, and the caudal end is somewhat acute. Dorsal spines are present when the host leaf is hairy and absent when the host leaf is smooth. Silverleaf whitefly probably occurs around the world in tropical and subtropical areas and in greenhouses in temperate areas. It has been reported from California, Florida and it occurs in North Carolina.