| NOUN | animal | Bemisia tabaci, superbug, poinsettia strain | a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias |
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| Meaning | A strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias. | |
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| Synonyms | superbug, poinsettia strain | |
| Member of | Bemisia, genus Bemisia | sweet-potato whitefly |
| Broader | sweet-potato whitefly | A variety of whitefly |
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