Aleuropteridis ficicola ( Newstead, 1911 )

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

Aleuropteridis ficicola ( Newstead, 1911)

DISTRIBUTION. Ivory Coast, Tanzania, [ England, under glass].

HOST PLANTS. Oleandraceae : Oleandra articulata ; Pteridaceae : Pteris togoensis , undetermined; Thelypteridaceae : Christella dentata .

COMMENTS. This African species was described from glasshouse material at Kew Gardens, England, as a separate species Aleuropteridis douglasi Mound (1961) before being recognised as a synonym of A. ficicola ( Mound, 1965) .