Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal)

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 : 8

13. Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal) ( Fig. 15 )

Diagnosis. Puparium pale. Cephalic median area usually with an elevated longitudinal moulting suture keel. Puparium suboval, much constricted at thoracic tracheal pore area; with a comb of teeth. Vasiform orifice circular; caudal tracheal opening with a comb of teeth.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from India (Oriental region) and was intercepted once from India on Ficus religiosa (Moraceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 10–18. Eight species of whiteflies.10) Aleuroclava jasmini (Takahashi), puparium.11) Aleuroclava neolitseae (Takahashi), puparium. 12) Aleuroclava similis (Takahashi), puparium. 13) Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, puparium. 14) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), puparium. 15) Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal), puparium. 16–17) Aleuroplatus bossi Takahashi, puparium and vasiform orifice. 18) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium.