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The spiraling whitefly (SWF), Aleurodicus dispersus (Russel) is a polyphagous pest with a characteristic spiraling pattern of oviposition on the underside of leaves. The pest is native to Central America, the Caribbean region and the Pacific islands. It was first observed in Florida in 1957 (Russel, 1965) and was reported in Hawaii on the Oahu island in 1978 (Paulson and Kumashiro, 1985). Since then it started to spread rapidly to most tropical regions of the world. It was reported from India in 1993 from Kerala (Palaniswami et al., 1995) and later from other parts of peninsular India (Reddy and Chandurkar, 1999). Spiraling whitefly has extensive host range covering 481 plants belonging to 295 genera from 90 families of vegetables, fruits and ornamentals trees (Srinivasa, 2000). Important hosts reported so far are citrus, avocado, guava, plantain, banana, coconut, soybeans, cassava and stone fruit (John et al., 2007). It …