Whitefly on Leucaena

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  Immatures on Leucaena leucocephala leaves; image by A. Moore; 16 June 2007; Two Lover's Point, Guam

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  Close-up of immatures on Leucaena leucocephala leaves; image by A. Moore; 16 June 2007; Two Lover's Point, Guam

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  Adult with eggs and immatures on Leucaena leucocephala leaves; image by A. Moore; 16 June 2007; Two Lover's Point, Guam

Notes

• This is an example note.
• The SEL Whitefly Ecology Database lists only 2 species on Leucaena: Aleurotrachelus trachoides and Tetraleurodes acaciae. (This does not look like A. trachoides --Aubrey Moore 21:03, 15 June 2007 (PDT))
• Matches image of Tetraleurodes acaciae pupa published at http://whitefly.biosci.arizona.edu/species/tetra_acac/index.htm
• Tetraleurodes acaciae is a native of California and Mexico (Hoddle 2006)
• Tetraleurodes acaciae is now known to be in the Pacific, the Philippines and Hong Kong, where it colonises a number of leguminous plants (Martin 2003)
• De Barro (1997) found T. acaciae on papaya on Guam in his 1996 survey. This was the first time this species was found in the Pacific.

References

• Martin, J. 2003. An inventory of whiteflies in Belize: what relevance for EWSN? EWSN Newsletter 15. Available at http://www.whitefly.org/WhitefliesInBelize.htm Accessed 2007 June 16.
• Brown, Judith K. 2007. University of Arizona Whitefly Database http://whitefly.biosci.arizona.edu/species/tetra_acac/index.htm
• Rose, M. & G. Zolnerowich 2003. Eretmocerus picketti new species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), reared from Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79:2 p.119-127.
• Villacarlos, L. T., B. S. Mejia & S. Keller 2003. Entomophthora leyteensis Villacarlos & Keller sp. nov. (Entomophthorales: Zygomycetes) infecting Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance) (Insecta, Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), a recently introduced whitefly on Gliricidia sepium (Jaq.) Walp. (Fabaceae) in the Philippines. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 83:1 pp. 16-22.
• Hoddle, Mark S. 2006. Phenology, life tables, and reproductive biology of Tetraleurodes perseae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on California avocados. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 99(3): p. 553-559. PDF
• Dowell, R. V. 1982. Biology of Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 58:321-318.
• De Barro, P. 1997. Survey of Bemesia tabaci Biotype B whitefly (also known as B. argentifolii) and its natural enemies in the South Pacific. Final Report, ACIAR Project No. 96/148. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra. 22 pages. DOC