Metabemisia filicis Mound, 1967

Martin, Jon H. & Camus, Josephine M., 2001, Whiteflies (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) colonising ferns (Pteridophyta: Filicopsida), with descriptions of two new Trialeurodes and one new Metabemisia species from south­east Asia, Zootaxa 2, pp. 1-19 : 15

Metabemisia filicis Mound, 1967

DISTRIBUTION. Described from glasshouse colonies in Britain; Taiwan (Jihyuetan, Kentingkunyen, Kuantaochi).

HOST PLANTS. Davalliaceae : Davallia sp.; Dryopteridaceae : Dryopteris sp., Tectaria decurrens ; Nephrolepidaceae : Nephrolepis sp.; Pteridaceae :? Pteris togoensis ; Thelypteridaceae :? Cyclosorus dentatus .

COMMENTS. All of the original material was collected from glasshouses in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh and Kew, UK. Material collected from Tectaria decurrens in Taiwan was from plants in the open air in several locations, and has confirmed that this species is of Oriental origin ( Ko et al. 1998; vouchers in BMNH).