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Aleurodicus dispersus (Russell)
Common name: Spiraling whitefly
 
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Distribution Barbados, Brazil, Canary Islands, Costa Rica, Cook Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Guam, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Congo, Sarawak, USA: Florida.
Host Range
 
Species in the following families: Acanthaceae, Aceraceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Anonaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Ascelepiadaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Cannabaceae, Capparaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Cistaceae, Commelinaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cruciferae, Curcurbitaceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Geraniaceae, Graminiae, Grossulariaceae, Guttiferae, Labiatae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Linaceae, Logoniaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Menispermaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Musaceae, Myrtaceae, Nytaginaceae, Oleaceae, Oxalidaceae, Passifloaceae, Pedaliaceae, Punicaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae, Ulmaceae, Umbelliferae, Urticaceae, Verbenaceae, Zygophyllaceae.
References

Kessing JLM, Mau RFL. 1993. Aleurodicus dispersus (Russell). Available from: http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/a_disper.htm Accessed 2003 Aug 25.

Martin JH. (1987). An identification guide to common whitefly pest species. Tropical Pest Management 33: 298-322.

Mound, LA and SH Halsey. (1978). Whitefly of the World: A systematic catalogue of the Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) with host plant and natural enemy data. British Museum (Natural History): Chichester. 329p.

 


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