Species Aleurocanthus tsignatus (Maskell, 1896)

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• Aleurodes tsignata Maskell, W.M. 1896. Contributions towards a monograph of the Aleurodidae, a family of the Hemiptera - Homoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 411-449 [443] [as t-signata].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC puparium slide, Botany, NSW [33.957S 151.288E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Dumbleton, L.J. 1956. The Australian Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 81: 159-183 [167] (subsequent designation).

  Type host:

   Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [MIMOSACEAE]

  Secondary source:

   Quaintance, A.L. & Baker, A.C. 1917. A contribution to our knowledge of the whiteflies of the subfamily Aleurodinae (Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51: 335-445 [353] (name emended to Aleurocanthus T-signatus).

 

Generic Combinations

• Aleurocanthus tsignatus 102 (Maskell, 1896) [misspelled as Aleurocanthus signatus]. —
  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

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Ceratopetalum sp. [CUNONIACEAE]; Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl [LAURACEAE] Camphor Laurel; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Ceratopetalum sp. [CUNONIACEAE]; Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl [LAURACEAE] Camphor Laurel; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle).

 

History of changes

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