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Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell)
Common name: Woolly whitefly
Link to DNA sequences COI sequences and their GenBank accession numbers:
Distribution Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Canary Islands, Chile, Columbia, Congo, Cuba, France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Islands, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Paraguay, Reunion, Sicily, Spain, Surinam, Tahiti, Trinidad, USA: California, Florida, Puerto Rico
Host Range Species in the following families: Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Chrysobalancaceae, Compositae, Ebenaceae, Liliaceae, Loranthaceae, Malvaceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Sapotaceae, Solanaceae, Zygophyllaceae.
References

[HYPPZ] Hypermédia en Protection des Plantes. Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) [photos]. Available from: http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/RAVAGEUR/6aleflo.htm#haut 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.

Onillon JC. (1990). Biological control. In Gerling D, editor. Whiteflies: their bionomics, pest status and management. UK: Intercept. p287-313.

 


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