The bandedwinged whitefly, Trialeurodes abutilonea, in Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
The bandedwinged whitefly was described as Aleurodes abutilonea Haldeman, 1850 from Sida (Abutilon) abutilon collected in Pennsylvania. The known synonyms were given by Russell (1948) and Mound and Halsey (1978). Records of this whitefly in Florida date back to Quaintance (1899), who described the synonym Aleurodes rolfsii from specimens sent to Prof. …read more
Ash whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday)
From Entomology Circulars.
Ash whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae, was described as Aleyrodes phillyreae by Haliday (1835), on Phillyrea latifolia collected in Dublin, Ireland. It has several synonyms listed in Mound and Halsey (1978). In the United States, S. …read more
The bayberry whitefly, Parabemisia myricae, in Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
The whitefly, Bemisia myricae, was described by Kuwana (1927) from Japan on the hosts Myrica rubra, Morus alba, and Citrus. Takahashi (1952) transferred this whitefly to the genus Parabemisia because of long marginal setae on the so-called “pupal” case and blunt lateral tubercles at the base of the lingula (Fig. …read more
Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky), in Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kolinsky), a minor pest of citrus, was described from Hawaii by Kolinsky and first found in North America at the U.S. Naval Base, Key West, Florida in 1972, on Morinda citrifolia L. …read more
Bemisia tabaci, sweetpotato whitefly, in Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
Bemisia tabaci was first described as Aleurodes tabaci by Gennadius (1889) from Nicotiana sp., and was known from Florida as early as 1900 (Quaintance 1900). It is variously referred to in the literature as tobacco whitefly, cotton whitefly, or as the Entomological Society of America approved common name, sweetpotato whitefly. …read more
Cloudy-Winged Whitefly, Dialeurodes citrifolii (Morgan)
From Entomology Circulars.
Cloudy-winged whitefly, Dialeurodes citrifolii, is one of the most common whiteflies associated with citrus in Florida. A native of Asia, it was described by Morgan in 1893 and later by Berger in 1909 from specimens collected in Florida. …read more
Woolly whitefly, Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell)
From Entomology Circulars.
Woolly whitefly was described from Jamaica on lignumvitae (Maskell 1895). It was first reported in Florida under the synonym Aleyrodes howardi Quaintance on sea-grape in 1890 (Berger 1917). The first report on citrus was in 1909 (Berger 1917). …read more
