Species Aleyrodes proletella (Linneaus, 1758)

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• Phaleana (Tinea) proletella Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [537].

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   Syntype(s).
• Phalaena culiciformis Geoffroy, E.L. 1785. [New Taxa]. In, Fourcroy, A.F. de. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quæ in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundam methodam Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia & fere trecentæ novæ species. Paris : Viua ei Aedibus Serpentineis Vol. 1 viii + [1] + 231 pp. [306] [junior subjective synonym of Aleyrodes chelidonii Latrielle, 1807].

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   Syntype(s).

  Type host:

   Chelidonium majus L. [PAPAVERACEAE]
• Aleyrodes chelidonii Latreille, P.A. 1807. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in famlias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicita. Koenig : Parisiis et Argentorati Vol. 3 258 pp. [174] [substitute name for proletella Linneaus, 1758 junior objective synonym of Aleyrodes brassica Walker, 1852].
• Aleyrodes brassicae Walker, F. 1852. List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 pp. 909-1188. [1092] [junior objective synonym of Aleyrodes proletella (Linneaus, 1758)].

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   Syntype(s).

  Type host:

   Brassica sp. [CRUCIFERAE]
• Aleyrodes chelidonii Koch, C.L. 1857. Di Pflanzenlause Aphiden. Nürenberg : Publisher unknown 330 pp. [324] [junior objective synonym of Aleyrodes brassica Walker, 1852].
• Aleurodes brassica Koch, C.L. 1857. Di Pflanzenlause Aphiden. Nürenberg : Publisher unknown 330 pp. [326] [junior subjective synonym of Aleyrodes brassicae Walker, 1852].
• Aleurodes youngi Hempel, A. 1901. A preliminary report on some new Brazilian Hemiptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 383-391 [385] [junior objective synonym of Aleyrodes proletella (Linneaus, 1758)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Brazil, State of Sao Paulo, Iguape and Campinas.

  Type host:

   Brassica sp. [CRUCIFERAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Latreille, P.A. 1807. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in famlias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicita. Koenig : Parisiis et Argentorati Vol. 3 258 pp. [174] (synonymy of Phalaena culiciformis Geoffroy, 1785 with Aleyrodes chelidonii)
• Walker, F. 1852. List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 pp. 909-1188. [1092] (synonymy of Aleyrodes chelidonii Latrielle, 1807)
• Walker, F. 1858. List of specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. London : British Museum (Natural History) 369 pp. [307] (synonymy of Aleyrodes chelidonii Burmeister; Koch, 1857 and synonymy of Aleurodes brassicae Koch, 1857)
• Bondar, G. 1923. Aleyrodideos do Brazil. Bahia : Publisher unknown 183 pp. [125] (synonymy of Aleurodes youngi Hempel, 1901)
• Haupt, H. 1935. Schmetterlings - od. Mottenlause, Aleurodina. Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas 4: 253-260 [256] (synonymy of Aleyrodes brassicae Walker 1852)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Sonchus oleraceus L. [ASTERACEAE] Common Sowthistle; Brassica oleracea L. [CRUCIFERAE]; Euphorbia peplus L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Sonchus oleraceus L. [ASTERACEAE] Common Sowthistle; Brassica oleracea L. [CRUCIFERAE]; Euphorbia peplus L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]).

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