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Metaleurodicus cardini (Back)
Link to DNA sequences COI sequences and their GenBank accession numbers:
Distribution Cuba, Bermuda, Jamaica, USA: Florida (Hamon 2002)
Host Range Species in the following families: Myrtaceae, Rutaceae, Verbenaceae
References Hamon AB. (2002). Metaleurodicus cardini (Back). Featured Creatures. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. Available from http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fruit/cardins_wfly.htm Accessed 2003 Sep 13.

Mound LA, Halsey SH. (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.

 


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