Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 2

Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) ( Figure 1A )

Aleurodes spinifera Quaintance 1903 .

Korea Port Interception. Taiwan: 1 puparium, 7 third instar on Thea sinensis (Theaceae) leaf, 14- i-2011.

Diagnosis. Puparial margin covered with wax secretion. Margin toothed; at least 6 teeth occupying 0.1mm of margin ( Martin 1987). Dorsal disc spines acute; submargin normally with 11 pairs of stout spines in a row, all similar in length.

Hosts. Nineteen plant families.

Distribution. NT: Jamaica. AF: Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania. PA: Greece, Iran, Japan. OR: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Andaman Islands, India, Malaysia, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Sri Lanka. AU: Java, New Guinea, Sumatra, Caroline Islands, New Caledonia, Hawaii.

Figures

Figure 1. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), habitus. B) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, habitus. C) Aleuroduplidens eucalyptifolia Martin, puparium. D) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), habitus. E) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium. F) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium. G) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. H) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. I) Xenaleyrodes eucalypti (Dumbleton), puparium.