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Egg spirals on the underside of leaves. Eggs are covered by white wax.


Giant whitefly pupal case (4th instar skin) showing tongue-like lingula used for ejecting drops of honeydew

(Photographer Jeff Lotz, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services)

 
Aleurodicus dugesii (Cockerell)
Common name: Giant whitefly
Link to DNA sequences COI sequences and their GenBank accession numbers:
Distribution Mexico, USA: California, Florida
Host Range Species in the following families: Annonaceae, Begoniaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Heliconiaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Moraceae, Musaceae, Rutaceae
References

[FDACS] Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Giant Whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii Cockerell, in Florida. Available at: http://doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/enpp/ento/giant.htm Accessed 2003 Aug 25.

Mound, LA and SH Halsey. (1978). Whitefly of the World: A systematic catalogue of the Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) with host plant and natural enemy data. British Museum (Natural History): Chichester. 329p.

Nelson DR, Fatland CL, Buckner JS, Freeman TP. (1999). External lipids of adults of the giant whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 123: 137-145.

 

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