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The spiralling white fly infesting the leaves of many crops is

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The spiralling white fly infesting the leaves of many crops is Aleurodicus dispersus.
Spiralling whitefly is not fly, but a sap sucking bug. It gets its name from the characteristic egg spirals that the adult whitefly deposits on foliage and fruit.
The spiraling whitefly has been recorded on 38 genera of plants belonging to 27 plant families and more than 100 species.
It is a tropical pest of a range of horticultural crops, ornamental plants and shade trees. It is common to find this pest attacking many vegetable, ornamental, fruit and shade tree crops in Hawaii.
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