Aleurocanthus froggatti Martin

Gillespie, Peter S., 2012, A review of the whitefly genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia, Zootaxa 3252, pp. 1-42 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.246421
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6166919
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scientific name	Aleurocanthus froggatti Martin
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Aleurocanthus froggatti Martin View in CoL (Figs 31–33)

Aleurocanthus froggatti Martin 1999: 27 View in CoL . Holotype, NSW, near Gunnedah, on Alectryon oleifolium View in CoL , 13.ix.1902 [W.W. Froggatt] (ANIC).

Distribution. NSW, Qld, SA

Hosts. LEGUMINOSAE: Acacia pendula ( Martin, 1999) . OLEACEAE : Notelaea longifolia (ANIC). RUTACEAE : Acronychia sp. ( Martin, 1999); Melicope (Euodia) sp. ( Martin, 1999); Geijera parviflora ( Martin, 1999) . SAPINDACEAE : Alectryon oleifolium ( Martin, 1999) .

Comments. This species is usually more common in xeric habitats than other Aleurocanthus species. A. froggatti has a characteristic submarginal ring of 9 pairs of short glandular spines of uniform length, clearly separating it from the closely related A. neofroggatti sp. n. has eleven pairs of glandular spines.