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Pepper whitefly

Aleurotrachelus trachoides (Back, 1912)

Status not recordedinsects

The pepper whitefly (Aleurotrachelus trachoides) is a species in the family Aleyrodidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the pepper 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
Not recorded

Where does the pepper whitefly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pepper whitefly as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pepper 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 pepper whitefly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAleyrodidae
  6. genusAleurotrachelus
  7. SpeciesAleurotrachelus trachoides (Back, 1912)

Synonyms Aleurotrachelus bodkini, Aleyrodes trachoides

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pepper whitefly

Other species in the same genus Aleurotrachelus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pepper whitefly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pepper whitefly as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pepper whitefly?

The pepper whitefly (Aleurotrachelus trachoides) belongs to the family Aleyrodidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pepper whitefly (Aleurotrachelus trachoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepper-whitefly

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BibTeX
@misc{pepper_whitefly_2026,
  title = {Pepper whitefly (Aleurotrachelus trachoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepper-whitefly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}