Species Bemisia gigantea Martin, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bemisia gigantea 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. [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, NSW, Braidwood - Nelligen road, Cabbage Tree Creek.
  Paratype(s) ANIC puparia (total paratypes = 11 x puparia slides, 5 x puparia dry on leaf), NSW, Braidwood - Nelligen road, Cabbage Tree Creek; BMNH puparia (total paratypes = 11 x puparia slides, 5 x puparia dry on leaf), NSW, Braidwood - Nelligen road, Cabbage Tree Creek.

  Type host:

   Elaeocarpus sp. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume [ELAEOCARPACEAE] Blue Quandong).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume [ELAEOCARPACEAE] Blue Quandong; Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Known hosts = Elaeocarpus angustifolius, E. reticulatus, E. sp. (Elaeocarpaceae)

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