The coccinellid beetle, Delphastus pusillus, may be able to suppress the silverleaf (or strain B sweetpotato) whitefly that has DR. FORMULATED ENZYMES ORG DIGEST infested California agriculture.Life history characteristics of this predatoi indicate that it is most effective as a Accent Table biological control agent at high whitefly densities.D.
pusillus releases in Imperial Valley cotton trials reduced immature whitefly densities to one-third of the densities found in cotton plots receiving no releases.