Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana)

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

4. Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana) ( Fig. 6 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Submarginal area well defined with many furrow-like lines. With linear pale patches on the cephalothorax. Abdomen with a very sclerotised median rachis without lateral arms. Thoracic tracheal clefts distinct with its fold represented by an oval or semi-circular shaped area extending into the submarginal area. Vasiform orifice circular. Caudal furrow slender, narrow and slightly widened towards the hind end.

Korean quarantine notes. This whitefly species was described from Japan (Eastern Palaearctic region) and was intercepted once from Japan on Diospyros rhombifolia (Ebenaceae) . It is distributed in South Korea ( Suh 2014).

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.