Aleuroplatus vinsonioides (Cockerell), 1914

Martin, Jon H., 2005, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2 - a review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood, Zootaxa 1098 (1), pp. 1-116 : 19

Aleuroplatus vinsonioides (Cockerell)

(Figs 95, 140)

Aleurodes vinsonioides Cockerell, 1898: 225–226 . Syntypes, Mexico.

Aleuroplatus vinsonioides (Cockerell) Quaintance & Baker, 1914: 98 .

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panamá.

COMMENTS. This species is most distinctive in life, each black puparium secreting a fringe of sulphur­yellow wax rays, and a median tuft of yellow wax (Fig. 140). The puparia are usually found in small groups under the leaves of lauraceous hosts. The puparial cuticle is hard and brittle, and requires a substantial degree of bleaching for slide examination, with the result that good slide preparations are few.