Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky)

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 : 10

21. Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky) ( Fig. 25 )

Diagnosis. Puparium pale. Median line of pupal case with some pigment from mouth parts to abdominal segment I. Ventral caudal and thoracic tracheal folds distinct, covered with spinules. First abdominal setae present ( Ko et al. 2010).

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from Hawaii but is probably native to Asia; it was intercepted twice from Japan on Jasminum nudiflorum (Oleaceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 19–27. Eight species of whiteflies. 19–20) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium and abdomen detail of the vasiform orifice.21) Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), puparium. 22) Cockerelliella psidii (Corbett), puparium. 23) Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin and Aguiar, puparium. 24) Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead), puparium. 25) Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky), puparium. 26) Dialeuropora decempuncta (Quaintance and Baker), puparium. 27) Massilieurodes sp., puparium.