Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell)

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 : 4

Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell) ( Figure 1G )

Aleyrodes ursorum Cockerell 1910 .

Korea Port Interceptions. USA: 2 puparia, on Gaultheria shallon (Ericaceae) leaf, 8-x-2009; same data, 4-ii-2010; same data, 29-v-2012.

Diagnosis. Margin toothed with pale glandular area. Dorsal disc separated from submarginal region by suture. Submargin strongly elevated, almost vertical, forming ridge-like rim around body. Dorsal disc with disc pores and porettes. Subdorsal disc with longitudinal ridge elevated on thorax and anterior abdominal segments. Rhachis present and slightly elevated. Vasiform orifice subcordate; with 2 cell-like structures on lateral part of rim of vasiform orifice.

Distribution. NE: Canada, USA. NT: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico.

Host plants. Thirty four plant families.

Figures

Figure 1. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), habitus. B) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, habitus. C) Aleuroduplidens eucalyptifolia Martin, puparium. D) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), habitus. E) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium. F) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium. G) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. H) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. I) Xenaleyrodes eucalypti (Dumbleton), puparium.