Aleuroclava hikosanensis (Takahashi)

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 : 6

7. Aleuroclava hikosanensis (Takahashi) ( Fig. 9 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Abdomen much constricted at the posterior half. Submarginal area well defined. Eyespots pale, oblique slender rod-shaped. Scattered minute circular pores present on dorsum. Thoracic tracheal folds broadened basally; tracheal clefts small, but distinct. Caudal furrow distinct, somewhat longer than the vasiform orifice.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from Japan (Eastern Palaearctic region) and was intercepted 24 times from Japan on Pieris japonica and Enkianthus perulatus (Ericaceae) . Although this whitefly is known to occur in South Korea, it is rarely collected ( Suh 2010, 2014; Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 1–9. Seven species of whiteflies. 1–2) Aleurocanthus rugosa Singh, puparium and spines with fimbriate apices. 3) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), puparium. 4–5) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, puparium and thoracic margin. 6) Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana), puparium. 7) Aleuroclava euryae (Kuwana), puparium. 8) Aleuroclava gordoniae (Takahashi), puparium. 9) Aleuroclava hikosanensis (Takahashi), puparium.