Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead)

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 : 10

20. Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead) ( Fig. 24 )

Diagnosis. Puparium pale, broad suboval. Ventral caudal and thoracic tracheal folds distinct, covered with spinules; thoracic and caudal tracheal openings marked by invaginated pores; with smooth teeth internally. First abdominal setae absent ( Ko et al. 2010).

Korean quarantine notes. Although this species was described from the United States it is probably native to the Oriental region; it was intercepted once from Japan on Gardenia jasminoides ( Rubiaceae )). It is distributed in South Korea ( Suh 2014).

Figures

Figures 19–27. Eight species of whiteflies. 19–20) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium and abdomen detail of the vasiform orifice.21) Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), puparium. 22) Cockerelliella psidii (Corbett), puparium. 23) Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin and Aguiar, puparium. 24) Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead), puparium. 25) Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky), puparium. 26) Dialeuropora decempuncta (Quaintance and Baker), puparium. 27) Massilieurodes sp., puparium.