Minutaleyrodes minuta (Singh)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 9-10

Minutaleyrodes minuta (Singh) ( Figure 2I )

Dialeurodes minuta Singh 1931 .

Korea Port Interceptions. Thailand: 7 puparia, on Ixora sp. (Rubiaceae) leaf, 20-iii-2007; Vietnam: 2 puparia, same host, 10-iii-2010.

Diagnosis. Puparium minute; less than 0.5mm in length. Transverse moulting suture reaching posteriorly to the subdorsal area. Submargin distinct on the ventral surface. Thoracic tracheal fold absent, while caudal furrow distinct.

Distribution. NE: USA. NT: Dominican Republic, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico. OR: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Burma, India, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand (intercepted at Incheon International Seaport, Korea), Vietnam (intercepted at Incheon International Seaport, Korea). AU: Guam, Hawaii.

Host plants. Fagaceae : Quercus virginiana . Myrtaceae : Eugenia uniflora . Oleaceae : Jasminum sp. Rubiaceae : Gardenia augusta . Ixora coccinea . Rutaceae : Murraya paniculata .

Figures

Figure 2. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, puparium. B) Aleuroclava psidii (Singh), puparium. C) Aleurotrachelus anonae Corbett, puparium. D) Austroaleurodicus pigeanus (Baker and Moles), puparium. E) Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), puparium. F) Crenidorsum turpiniae (Takahashi), puparium. G) Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead), puparium. H) Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky), puparium. I) Minutaleyrodes minuta (Singh), puparium.