Photo credit: W. L. Sterling, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Description
- small, sluggish, soft-bodied insects
- often called plant lice
- winged and wingless forms of adults
- immatures are smaller and wingless
- most species give birth to living young and build up very rapidly
Damage
- several species attack various crops
- sucking plant sap
- causing stunting, and leaf curling
- leaving honeydew deposits