The virus is transmitted via a vector (bemisia tabaci). They infect plants and are transmitted by whiteflies ("Bemisia tabaci"). It is known to habitate "Bemisia tabaci". This virus, designated OxYVV, is transmitted by the whitefly "Bemisia tabaci". TYLCV is transmitted by the insect vector "Bemisia tabaci" in a persistent-circulative nonpropagative manner. ChiLCV is transmitted by the insect vector "Bemisia tabaci" in a persistent-circulative nonpropagative manner. PepLCV is transmitted by the insect vector "Bemisia tabaci" in a persistent-circulative nonpropagative manner. PaLCuV is transmitted by the insect vector "Bemisia tabaci" in a persistent-circulative nonpropagative manner. In particular, Boykin is interested in the "Bemisia tabaci" (silverleaf whitefly), which plague East Africa. Some species are transmitted by "Bemisia tabaci" in a semi-persistent mode or through the seed. The virus is naturally transmitted by the silverleaf whitefly, "Bemisia tabaci". Yellow mosaic disease of many legumes is often transmitted by silverfly ("Bemisia tabaci").