Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin, 1994

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 : 13-14

Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin (in Mound et al., 1994)

DISTRIBUTION. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela.

HOST PLANTS. Lycopsida ­ Selaginellaceae : Selaginella eurynota . Filicopsida ­ Pteridaceae : Adiantum platyphyllum ­group; Schizaeaceae : Anemia phyllitidis ; unidentified ferns intercepted at US quarantine stations.

COMMENTS. This is the only whitefly species known to colonise Selaginella . It is occasionally intercepted by US quarantine stations, on ferns from Central and northern South America.