Species Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)
Cotton Whitefly, Pointsettia Whitefly, Silverleaf Whitefly, Tobacco Whitefly
- Aleurodes tabaci Gennadius, P. 1889. [Disease of tobacco plantations in the Trikonia. The aleurodid of tobacco]. [in Greek]. Ellenike Georgia 5: 1-3 [1].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM puparium slide, Greece, Athens.
Paralectotype(s) USNM ca. 40 x puparia slides, Greece, Athens. - Cortesiana restonicae Goux, L. 1987. Aleurodes de France - VII Description de deux espèces nouvelles constituant des genres nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence 39: 63-66 [64] [junior subjective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (repository not stated), Corsica. - Aleurodes inconspicua Quaintance, A.L. 1900. Contribution towards a monograph of the American Aleyrodidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series 8: 9-64 [28] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, USA, Florida.Type host:
Physalis sp. [SOLANACEAE] - Bemisia emiliae Corbett, G.H. 1926. Contribution towards our knowledge of the Aleyrodidae of Ceylon. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 267-284 [273] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH puparia slides, Sri Lanka, Hakgala.Type host:
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. [ASTERACEAE] - Bemisia costalimai Bondar, G. 1928. Aleyrodideos do Brasil (2 contribuicao). Boletim do Laboratorio de Pathologia Vegetal do Estado da Bahia 5: 1-37 [27] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennardius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Brazil, Bahia.Type host:
Euphorbia hirtella (Lepechin) Garcke [EUPHORBIACEAE] - Bemisia signata Bondar, G. 1928. Aleyrodideos do Brasil (2 contribuicao). Boletim do Laboratorio de Pathologia Vegetal do Estado da Bahia 5: 1-37 [29] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Brazil, Joazeiro, Carnahyba station.Type host:
Nicotiana glauca Graham [SOLANACEAE] - Bemisia bahiana Bondar, G. 1928. Aleyrodideos do Brasil (2 contribuicao). Boletim do Laboratorio de Pathologia Vegetal do Estado da Bahia 5: 1-37 [30] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Brazil, Bahia.Type host:
Nicotiana tabacum L. [SOLANACEAE] - Bemisia gossypiperda Misra, C.S. & Singh, Karam Lamba 1929. The cotton whitefly (Bemisia gossypiperda n. sp.). Bulletin of the Agricultural Research Institute. Pusa 196: 1-7 [1] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) India, Pusa.Type host:
Achyranthes aspera L. [AMARANTHACEAE] (other hosts mentioned) - Bemisia achyranthes Singh, K. 1931. A contribution towards our knowledge of the Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies) of India. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India 12: 1-98 [82] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia gossypiperda Misra & Lamba, 1929].
Type data:
Syntype(s) India, Pusa.Type host:
Achyranthes aspera L. [AMARANTHACEAE] - Bemisia hibisci Takahashi, R. 1933. Aleyrodidae of Formosa, Part II. Report, Government Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Formosa 60: 1-24 [17] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennardius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Taiwan, Taihoku.Type host:
Hibiscus rosasinensis L. [MALVACEAE] - Bemisia longispina Priesner, H. & Hosny, M. 1934. Contributions to a knowledge of the whiteflies (Aleurodidae) of Egypt (III). Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 145: 1-11 [6] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Egypt, Kous (Kena).Type host:
Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE] - Bemisia gossypiperda mosaicivectura Mayne, R. & Ghesquiere, J. 1934. Hemipteres nuisibles aux vegetaux du Congo Belge. Famille des Aleurodides. Annals Gembloux 40: 29-31 [30] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM, Zaire, Stanleyville, Leopoldville and Lusambo.Type host:
Jatropha multifida L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] - Bemisia goldringi Corbett, G.H. 1935. On new Aleurodidae (Hem.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 16: 240-252 [249] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Nigeria, Ibadan.Type host:
Gossypium sp. [MALVACEAE] - Bemisia nigeriensis Corbett, G.H. 1935. On new Aleurodidae (Hem.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 16: 240-252 [250] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Nigeria, Ibadan.Type host:
Manihot sp. [EUPHORBIACEAE] - Bemisia rhodesiaensis Corbett, G.H. 1936. New Aleurodidae (Hem.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 5: 18-22 [22] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Rhodesia, Mtepamtepa.Type host:
Nicotiniana sp. [SOLANACEAE] - Bemisia manihotis Frappa, Cl. 1938. Description de Bemisia manihotis, n. sp. (Hem. Hom. Aleyrodidae) nuisible au manioc a Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43: 30-32 [30] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Madagascar.Type host:
Manihot sp. [EUPHORBIACEAE] - Bemisia vayssierei Frappa, Cl. 1939. Note sur une nouvelle espèce d'aleurode nuisible aux plantations de tabac de la Tsiribihina. Bulletin Économique Trimest. de Madagascar 16: 254-259 [255] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Madagascar, Miandrivazo.Type host:
Nicotiniana sp. [SOLANACEAE] - Bemisia lonicerae Takahashi, R. & Mamet, R. 1957. Some Aleyrodidae from Japan (Homoptera). Insecta Matsumurana 21: 12-21 [16] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Japan, Hirao near Kuroyama (Osaka).Type host:
Lonicera japonica Thunb. ex Murray [CAPRIFOLIACEAE] - Bemisia minima Danzig, E.M. 1964. The whiteflies (Homoptera, Aleyrodoidea) of the Caucasus. [in Russian]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 43: 633-646 [638] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL, USSR Caucasian Black Sea coast, Natanebi.
Paratype(s) USNM, U.S.S.R., Lazarevskaya; BMNH 5 x specimens, USSR, Lazarevskaya.Type host:
Elsholtzia patrini (Lepechin) Garcke [LABIATAE] - Bemisia miniscula Danzig, E.M. 1964. The whiteflies (Homoptera, Aleyrodoidea) of the Caucasus. [in Russian]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 43: 633-646 [640] [junior objective synonym of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889)].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL, USSR, Adzharia, Keda.
Paratype(s) ZIL, USSR, Keda.Type host:
Lamium purpureum L. [LABIATAE] - Bemisia argentifolii Bellows, T.S. Jr & Perring, T.M. in Bellows, T.S. Jr, Perring, T.M., Gill, R.J. & Headrick, D.H. 1994. Description of a Species of Bemisia (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87: 195–206 (see De Barro et al. (2005: 201)).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Corbett, G.H. 1935. Malayan Aleurodidae. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 17: 722-852 [783] (of B. achyranthes with B. gossypiperda)
- Takahashi, R. 1936. Some Aleyrodidae, Aphididae, Coccidae (Homoptera), and Thysanoptera from Micronesia. Tenthredo. (Acta Entomologica. Takeuchi Entomological Laboratory) 1: 109-120 [110] (of Bemisia hibisci Takahashi, 1933)
- Takahashi, R. & Mamet, R. 1952. Some species of Aleyrodidae from Madagascar (Homoptera) II. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 1: 111-133 [125] (of Bemisia manihotisFrappa, 1938 and of Bemisia vayssieri Frappa, 1939)
- Russell, L.M. 1957. Synonyms of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 52: 122-123 [122-123] (of Aleurodes inconspicua Quaintance, 1900 and of Bemisia bahiana Bondar, 1928 and of Bemisia costalimai Bondar, 1928b and of Bemisia signata Bondar, 1928b and of Bemisia gossypiperda Misra & Lamba, 1929 and of Bemisia longispina and of Bemisia gossypiperda mosaicvectura Ghesquiere and of Bemisia goldringi and of Bemisia nigeriensis and of Bemisia rhodesiaensis)
- Danzig, E.M. 1966. The Whiteflies (Homoptera, Aleyrodoidea) of the southern Primor'ye (Soviet Far east). [in Russian]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 45: 364-489 [372] (of Bemisia minima Danzig, 1964 and of Bemisia miniscula Danzig, 1964)
- Mound, L.A. & Halsey, S.H. 1978. Whitefly of the World. Chichester : British Museum (Natural History) & John Wiley & Sons 340 pp. [118] (of Bemisia emiliae Corbett, 1926 and of Bemisia lonicerae Takahashi, 1957)
- Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly Fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper No. 38. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 38 pp. 1-197. [59] (of Cortesiana restonicae Goux, 1987)
Generic Combinations
- Bemisia inconspicua (Quaintance, 1900). —
Quaintance, A.L. & Baker, A.C. 1914. Classification of the Aleyrodidae Part II. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series 27: 95-109 [100] - Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889). —
Takahashi, R. 1936. Some Aleyrodidae, Aphididae, Coccidae (Homoptera), and Thysanoptera from Micronesia. Tenthredo. (Acta Entomologica. Takeuchi Entomological Laboratory) 1: 109-120 [110]
Legislative Names
- Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring, 1994 [used to qualify Bemisia tabaci biotype B]. —
Bellows, T.S. Jr, Perring, T.M., Gill, R.J. & Headrick, D.H. 1994. Description of a Species of Bemisia (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87: 195–206 [196]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed around the warmer parts of the world.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adults: sap-feeder.
Nymphs: sap-feeder.
General References
Firdaus, S., Vosman, B., Hidayati, N., Supena, E.D.J., Visser, R.G.F. & van Heusden, A.W. 2013. The Bemisia tabaci species complex: Additions from different parts of the world. Journal of Insect Science 20(6)
History of changes
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