Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell)

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 : 11

29. Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell) ( Fig. 33 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Margin toothed with pale glandular area. Dorsal disc separated from submarginal region by suture. Submargin strongly elevated, almost vertical, forming ridge-like rim around body. Dorsal disc with disc pores and porettes. Subdorsal disc with longitudinal ridge elevated on thorax and anterior abdominal segments. Rachis present and slightly elevated. Vasiform orifice subcordate; with two cell-like structures on lateral part of rim of vasiform orifice.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from the United States (Nearctic region) and was intercepted 27 times from USA on Gaultheria shallon (Ericaceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 28–36. Nine species of whiteflies.28) Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance and Baker), puparium.29) Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana), puparium. 30) Pealius mori (Takahashi), puparium. 31) Singhiella simplex (Singh), puparium. 32) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. 33) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. 34) Trialeurodes glacialis (Bemis), puparium. 35) Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), puparium. 36) Tuberaleyrodes sp., puparium.