Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood)

Lee, Suhyeon & Suh, Soo-Jung, 2022, Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) intercepted on plant product imported to South Korea from 2013 - 2021, Insecta Mundi 2022 (947), pp. 1-17 : 13

31. Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) ( Fig. 35 )

Diagnosis. Puparium white. A single submarginal row of papillae present; lateral margin with relatively broad crenulations. Eighth abdominal setae located anterior to widest part of operculum.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from England (Western Palaearctic region) and was intercepted 122 times at Korean ports of entry on cut flowers, trees and Brassicaceae from China, Colombia, France, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Thailand, USA and Vietnam. In 1977, T. vaporariorum was documented as introduced in South Korea; this species is now the most commonly reported whitefly in South Korea and causes severe damage to crops in greenhouses ( Park 2010; Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 28–36. Nine species of whiteflies.28) Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance and Baker), puparium.29) Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana), puparium. 30) Pealius mori (Takahashi), puparium. 31) Singhiella simplex (Singh), puparium. 32) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. 33) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. 34) Trialeurodes glacialis (Bemis), puparium. 35) Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), puparium. 36) Tuberaleyrodes sp., puparium.