Species Orchamoplatus louiserussellae Martin, 1999

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Regional Maps

• Orchamoplatus louiserussellae 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. [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, beach top forest 2 km N of Cape Tribulation.
  Paratype(s) ANIC puparia (Cape Tribulation paratype material total = 14 x puparia slides), Qld, beach top forest 2 km N of Cape Tribulation; BMNH puparia (Cape Tribulation paratype material total = 14 x puparia slides), Qld, beach top forest 2 km N of Cape Tribulation; USNM puparia (Cape Tribulation paratype material total = 14 x puparia slides), Qld, beach top forest 2 km N of Cape Tribulation; QDPI 3 x puparia slides, Qld, Aramara.

  Type host:

   Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Undetermined sp. [LORANTHACEAE] Mistletoe; Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly; Gonolobus sp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Undetermined sp. [LORANTHACEAE] Mistletoe; Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly).

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