Species Tetraleurodes sulcistriatus Martin, 1999

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• Tetraleurodes sulcistriatus 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. [106].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, 2 - 3 km N of Cape Tribulation.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1 x puparium slide, NT, Burdulba Creek, 20 km S of Jabiru; BMNH 2 x puparia slides, WA, Broome; ANIC puparia (total paratypes on F. microcarpa = 23 x puparia slides. 7 x puparia dry on leaves. same host & locality as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation; BMNH puparia (total paratypes on F. microcarpa = 23 x puparia slides. 7 x puparia dry on leaves. same host & locality as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation; ANIC puparia, host = Calophyllum inophyllum (total C. inophyllum paratypes = 13 x puparia slides - same locality as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation; BMNH puparia, host = Calophyllum inophyllum (total C. inophyllum paratypes = 13 x puparia slides - same locality as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation.

  Type host:

   Ficus microcarpa L.f. [MORACEAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Avicennia officinalis L. [AVICENNIACEAE] Mangrove; Calophyllum inophyllum L. [GUTTIFERAE]; Ficus microcarpa L.f. [MORACEAE]; Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Avicennia officinalis L. [AVICENNIACEAE] Mangrove; Calophyllum inophyllum L. [GUTTIFERAE]; Ficus microcarpa L.f. [MORACEAE]; Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Physalis sp. [SOLANACEAE]).

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