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Cabbage whitefly

Aleyrodes proletella (Linné, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella) is a species in the family Aleyrodidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Czechia.

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Quick facts about the cabbage whitefly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the cabbage whitefly live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The cabbage whitefly is listed for 1 country.

Czechia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Czechia

Is the cabbage whitefly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cabbage whitefly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAleyrodidae
  6. genusAleyrodes
  7. SpeciesAleyrodes proletella (Linné, 1758)

Synonyms Aleyrodes brassicae, Aleyrodes brassiciae, Aleyrodes chelidonii, Aleyrodes culiciformis, Aleyrodes euphorbiae, Aleyrodes prenanthis, Aleyrodes protella, Aleyrodes youngi

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Brassica whiteflyEnglish
  • molice vlaštovičníkováCzech
  • KålmellusDanish
  • KohlmottenschildlausGerman
  • Aleurode du ChouFrench
  • タマナコナジラミJapanese
  • Kopūstinis baltasparnisLithuanian
  • KoolwittevliegDutch
  • Mączlik warzywnyPolish
  • Белокрылка чистотеловаяRussian
  • molica lastovičníkováSlovak
  • kålmjöllusSwedish
  • Lahana BeyazsineğiTurkish
  • 歐洲甘藍粉蝨Chinese
  • Puceron blanc du chouFrench

Catalogue of Life

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Other species in the same genus Aleyrodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the cabbage whitefly live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the cabbage whitefly for 1 country: Czechia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the cabbage whitefly?

The cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella) belongs to the family Aleyrodidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-whitefly

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BibTeX
@misc{cabbage_whitefly_2026,
  title = {Cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-whitefly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}