Aleuroclava gordoniae (Takahashi)

Lee, Suhyeon & Suh, Soo-Jung, 2022, Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) intercepted on plant product imported to South Korea from 2013 - 2021, Insecta Mundi 2022 (947), pp. 1-17 : 4

6. Aleuroclava gordoniae (Takahashi) ( Fig. 8 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Submarginal area with many transverse ridges. Thoracic tracheal folds faintly discernible; tracheal pore with small projections. Vasiform orifice subcordate. Caudal furrow distinct, expanded basally.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from Taiwan (Oriental region) and was intercepted nine times from China on Pieris japonica (Ericaceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 1–9. Seven species of whiteflies. 1–2) Aleurocanthus rugosa Singh, puparium and spines with fimbriate apices. 3) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), puparium. 4–5) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, puparium and thoracic margin. 6) Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana), puparium. 7) Aleuroclava euryae (Kuwana), puparium. 8) Aleuroclava gordoniae (Takahashi), puparium. 9) Aleuroclava hikosanensis (Takahashi), puparium.