This image also shows how greenhouse whitefly adults hold their wings relatively flat over their body. Silverleaf whitefly, on the otherhand, hold their wings slanted over the bodies like a slanted roof. Adult females lay their eggs randomly over the poinsettia leaf surface. Greenhouse whitefly pupa have many fine hairs on the edge of its body. There is no indentation on the margins.
Silverleaf pupa have few or no marginal hairs.
The pupa do have distinct indentations on the margin. These eye spots indicate that this pupa is near maturity. Sideview of greenhouse whitefly. Notice dark eye spot and marginal hairs of pupa.