Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa 1

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Bemisia tabaci biotype SSA1 on cassava
Author: Laura M. Boykin
Source: Insects, 2017, vol. 8, art. 25

Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa 1 - (African cassava whitefly)

This biotype of Bemisia tabaci is found in southern and eastern Africa. It seems to have a preference for cassava (Kalyebi et al., 2018), but is not the only biotype found on cassava. It is a vector of the cassava mosaic disease and the cassava brown streak disease.

Synonyms
Bemisia tabaci biotype SSA1
Bemisia tabaci biotype SSFA1

For details on the biology see the species page for Bemisia tabaci.