Species Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aleurodes spinifera Quaintance, A.L. 1903. New Oriental Aleurodidae. The Canadian Entomologist 35: 61-64 [63].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM Q.5236 puparia slide, Java.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 11 x puparia slides, Java.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [29].

  Type host:

   Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE] (also Rosa)
• Aleurodes citricola Newstead, R. 1911. On a collection of Coccidae and Aleurodidae,chiefly African, in the collection of the Berlin Zoological Museum. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 155-174 [173] (original description).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

  Type locality references:

  Newstead, R. 1911. On a collection of Coccidae and Aleurodidae,chiefly African, in the collection of the Berlin Zoological Museum. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 155-174 [173].

  Type host:

   Citrus [Rutaceae]
• Aleurocanthus rosae Singh, K. 1931. A contribution towards our knowledge of the Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies) of India. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India 12: 1-98 [70-71].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Pondicherry, Poona, India.

  Type host:

   Rosa [Rosaceae]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Takahashi, R. 1932. Aleyrodidae of Formosa, Part I. Report, Government Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Formosa 59: 1-57 [47]

Generic Combinations

• Aleurocanthus citricola (Newstead, 1911). —
  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 [102]
• Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance, 1903). —
  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 [102]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Blush Macaranga).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Blush Macaranga; Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. [LEGUMINOSAE] Matchbox Bean; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]).

History of changes